Public Holidays Amendment Act 48 of 1995
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
STAATSKOERANT
VAN DIE REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA
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VoL. 364 CAPE TOWN, 4 OCTOBER 1995 ·
KAAPSTAD, 4 OKTOBER 1995 No. 16716
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE KANfOOR VAN DIE PRESIDENT
No. 1512. 4 October 1995 No. 1512. 4 Oktober 1995
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general infor- mation:-
48 of 1995: Public Holidays Amendment Act, 1995. ·
Hierby word bekend gernaak dat die President sy goed- keuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:-
No. 48 van 1995: Wysigingswet op Openbare Vakansiedae, 1995.
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2 No;·l6716 GOVERNMENT GAZETIE, 4 OCfOBER 1995
Act No. 48, 1995 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AMENDMENT ACf, 1995 .
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: .: . Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ·
ACT To amend the Public Holidays Act, 1994, so as to empower the President to declare any day to be a public holiday; and to provide for matters conne~ted therewith.
(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 28 September 1995.)
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- Amendment of section 1 of Act 36 of1994
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1. Section 1 of the Public Holidays Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) for the 5 definition of "public holidays" of the following definition:
" 'public holidays' means the days mentioned in Schedule 1 and any other day declared to be a public holiday under section 2A;".
Insertion of section 2A in Act 36 of 1994
2. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 2: 10
Short title
"Declaration of public holidays
2A. The President may by proclamation in the Gazette declare any day to be a public holiday throughout the Republic or any part thereof.". · ·
3. This Act shall be called the Public Holidays Amendment Act, 1995.
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