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Wages Boards (Amendment) Act (No. 24 of 1966) - Sect 6

Amendment of section 24 of the principal enactment

6. Section 24 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : - [Gazette Extry. No. 14.726/12 of 22.12.66.]
(1) by the substitution in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of that section, for the expression " a day in each week ", of the expression " a day in each week or every Poya Day in each week, or, where no Poya Day falls in any week, a day in such week," ; [ยง 6, 27 of 1957.]
(2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (1) of that section, of the following new subsection : -
" (1A) Where a holiday is determined under paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection (1) -
(a) every worker to whom the determination applies shall be entitled to take and shall take such holiday in accordance with the terms of the determination, and
(b) the employer of every such worker shall allow such holiday and be liable to pay remuneration in respect of such holiday in accordance with the terms of the determination. " :
(3) by the substitution in subsection (4) of that section, for the expression " differently for the different days of the week,", of the expression " differently for the different days of the week, differently for the day immediately preceding a Poya Day or, where no such Poya Day falls in any week, a day in such week".


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