HOLIDAYS ORDINANCE, 1912

HOLIDAYS ORDINANCE, 1912

1912.

No. 1 of 1912, incorporated generally.

No. 2 of 1912, incorporated generally.

No. 3 of 1912, incorporated in No. 7 of 1896,
repealed by No. 21 of 1934.

No. 4 of 1912, incorporated in No. 2 of 1891.

No. 5 of 1912.

AnOrdinance to make provision for the due observance of
general and public holidays and to amend and consolidate
the law relating to the same.

[8th March, 1912.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Holidays Ordinance,
1912.

2. In this Ordinance,

(a) 'General holiday' means a day which, subject to the
provisions of section 5, shall be a dies non and which shall be
kept as a holiday by all banks, educational establishments, public
offices and Government departments;

(b) 'Public holiday' means a day which, subject to the
provisions of section 5, shall be kept as a holiday by all
educational establishments, public offices and Government
departments.

For computation of holidays under the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1931,
see No. 10 of 1931, s. 123 (2).





3. The following days shall be general holidays-

(1) every Sunday ;

(2) the first week-day of January

(3) Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be a
Sunday then the following day;

(4) the first week-day following Chinese New Year's Day
of if Chinese New Year's Day should be a Sunday then the
Tuesday following Chinese New Year's Day;

(5) Good Friday;

(6) the day following Good Friday;

(7) Easter Monday;

(8) the Birthday of His Majesty the King, unless it shall
be ordered by the Governor, by an order published in the
Gazette, that His Majesty's Birthday is to be kept on some
other day, and then, such other day;

(9) Whit Monday;

(10) the first week-day in July

(11) the first Monday in August;

(12) the first Monday in September

(13) the tenth day of October, or if that day should be a
Sunday then the following day;

(14) Armistice Day, or if that day should be a Sunday then
the following day;

(15) Christmas Day, or if that day should be a Sunday then
the following day;

(16) the twenty-sixth day of December, or if that day should
be a Sunday then the following day, or if Christmas Day should
be a Sunday then the Tuesday following Christmas Day.

4. The following day shall be a public holiday:
Empire Day, that is to say, the 24th day of May, or if that
day should be A Sunday then the following day.

* As amended by No. 7 of 1930 [8.8.30].





5. The Governor may make regulations excluding in whole
or in part from the operation of sections 3 and 4 any public office
or Government department.

6. Subject to the provisions of section 14 of the Bills of
Exchange Ordinance, 1885, it shall not be necessary for any
person to make any payment or to do any other act, including
noting or protesting, relating to any negotiable instrument on a
general holiday, but all obligation to make such payment or to
do any such other act shall apply to the next following day not
being itself a general holiday.

7. It shallbe lawful for the Governor in Council by notifica-
tion in the Gazette to appoint any day to be observed as a general
or as a public holiday in addition to or in substitution for any day
mentioned in section 3 or in section 4 and thereupon the provi-
sions of this Ordinance shall apply to such added or substituted
day and shall cease to apply to any day for which another has
been so substituted.

8. Subject to the provisions of section 32 Of the Code of
Civil Pro cedure relating to certain civil procedure, any summons
or warrant may be issued, any summons may be served, any
warrant or order may be served or executed, and any arrest,
search or seizure may be made, on any day, whether a general or
public holiday or not.

No. 6 of 1912, incorporated in No. 2 Of 1900,
repealed by No. 2 of 1933.
No. 7 of 1912, incorporated in No. 9 of 1911
repealed by No. 36 of 1931.

No. 8 of 1912, incorporated generally.

No. 9 of 1912, repealed by No. 25 of 1917.

No. 10 of 1912, incorporated in No. 1 of 1873.
[Originally No. 5 of 1912. No. 7 of 1930.] Short title. Interpretation. General holidays. Public holiday. Regulations may exclude public offices, etc. Acts relating to negotiable instruments not compellable to be done on a general holiday. Ordinance No. 3 of 1885. Power of the Governor in Council to appoint holidays. Process, etc., on holidays. Ordinance No. 3 of 1901.

[Originally No. 5 of 1912. No. 7 of 1930.] Short title. Interpretation. General holidays. Public holiday. Regulations may exclude public offices, etc. Acts relating to negotiable instruments not compellable to be done on a general holiday. Ordinance No. 3 of 1885. Power of the Governor in Council to appoint holidays. Process, etc., on holidays. Ordinance No. 3 of 1901.

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