Employees Holidays Act (No. 6 of 1959)

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Employees Holidays Act (No. 6 of 1959) - Sect 2

Determination of such of the public holidays as are to be holidays for certain employees

(1) The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, declare that such of the public holidays as may be specified in the Order shall be holidays for all employees or for any specified class or description of employees.

(2) An Order under subsection (1) is hereafter in this Act referred to as a Holidays Order.

(3) A Holidays Order shall not apply to any employee who-

	(a) is, within the meaning of the Shop and Office Employees (Regulation of Employment and Remuneration) Act, a person employed in or about the business of any shop or office, or

	(b) is a worker in any trade for which a Wages Board has been established under the Wages Boards Ordinance

.* Gazette No. 11,862 of 25th September, 1959.

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