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- Is amended by Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2014
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Seychelles
Public Holidays Act
Act 19 of 1976
- Commenced on 6 September 1976
- [This is the version of this document as it was at 30 June 2012 to 3 August 2014.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Public Holidays Act.2. Public holidays
The several days specified in the Schedule to this Act (hereinafter referred to as "public holidays") shall be kept, except as hereinafter provided, as close holidays in all court of law, in all Government offices and in all banks in Seychelles and shall be legal holidays for all persons throughout Seychelles.3. Acts to be done on public holiday
Any act required to be done by or before a Judge or officer done on of any court or by or before any Government official upon any day public which is a public holiday may be lawfully done upon the day not being itself a public holiday, next following such first mentioned public holiday.4. Public holidays falling on Sundays
Where any public holiday, except Sunday, falls on a Sunday the next following day, not being itself a public holiday, shall be a public holiday.5. Power to declare additional public holidays
The President may by Order published in the Gazette from time to time proclaim that any day or days shall be observed in Seychelles as public holidays in addition to the days mentioned in the Schedule, and any day set apart by virtue of such order as a public holiday shall be so observed throughout Seychelles in the same manner and to the same extent as the days specified in the Schedule hereto.History of this document
12 April 2017 amendment not yet applied
Amended by
Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2017
04 August 2014 amendment not yet applied
Amended by
Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2014
30 June 2012 this version
Consolidation
06 September 1976
Commenced
Subsidiary legislation
| Title | Numbered title |
|---|---|
| Public Holidays (No. 2) Order, 2020 | Statutory Instrument 154 of 2020 |
| Public Holidays (No.2) Order, 2019 | Statutory Instrument 61 of 2019 |
| Public Holidays Order, 2015 | Statutory Instrument 58 of 2015 |
| Public Holidays Order, 2015 | Statutory Instrument 59 of 2015 |
| Public Holidays Order, 2016 | Statutory Instrument 58 of 2016 |
| Public Holidays Order, 2019 | Statutory Instrument 10 of 2019 |
| Public Holidays Order, 2020 | Statutory Instrument 134 of 2020 |