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Public Holidays Act, 1994 (Act No. 36 of 1994)
Notice No. 2088 of 1994
1. Definitions
2. Days to be observed as public holidays
3. Non-business days for bills of exchange and promissory notes
4. Amendment and repeal of laws
5. Employee entitled to paid public holidays
6. Short title and commencement
Schedules
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Notices and Proclamations
Declaration of the Thirty-First Day of December 1999 and the Second Day of January 2000 as Public Holidays in all Provinces of the Republic
Declaration of the Fourteenth Day of April 2004 as a Public Holiday throughout the Republic
Declaration of the Second Day of May 2008 as a Public Holiday throughout the Republic
Declaration of the Twenty Second Day of April 2009 as a Public Holiday throughout the Republic
Declaration of the First Day of November 2021 as a Public Holiday throughout the Republic
Proclamation Notice 38 of 2021
Declaration of the Twenty-Seventh Day of December 2022 as a Public Holiday throughout the Republic
Proclamation Notice 108 of 2022
Declaration of the Fifteenth Day of December 2023 as a Public Holiday throughout the Republic
Proclamation Notice 143 of 2023
Declaration of the Twenty-Ninth Day of May 2024 as a Public Holiday throughtout the Republic
Proclamation Notice 157 of 2024
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