7. Section 25 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : -
| (a) in subsection (1) of that section as follows : -
| | (i) by the substitution, for paragraph (a) of that subsection, of the following new paragraph : -
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" (a) declare that, subject to the fulfilment of such conditions and the payment of such remuneration as may be specified or determined by that board under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, such number of days not exceeding thirty as that board may determine, including such public holidays under the Holidays Ordinance not exceeding nine as that board may specify, shall, in addition to the holidays under section 24, be allowed by every employer in each year as holidays to all workers or to any specified class of workers," ; |
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| | (ii) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, by the substitution, for the word " such", of the words " any such " ; and | | |
| | (iii) in paragraph (c) of that subsection, by the substitution, for the word " holidays. ", of the following : - | | |
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| (b) in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution, for the word "made-", of the following: - " made, then, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) -" ; |
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| (c) in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution, for all the words from "Where the employer" to " the employer shall", of the following :- " Where the employment of a worker who has become entitled to any holiday or holidays in any year under subsection (2) is terminated by the employer of that worker or is lawfully terminated by that worker, then, if the employer has not allowed that worker such holiday or holidays, the employer shall" ; and |
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| (d) by the addition, at the end of that section, of the following new subsection: - '
| | '(5) In this section, " year ", with reference to any decision of a Wages Board under this section, means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of such month as the board may determine or, where that board does not so determine, the first day of January. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts