Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2013
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PUBLIC HOLIDAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
Act No. 5 of 2013
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACT (CAP. 51)
I assent,
TUPOU VI,
28th June 2013.
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the
Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:
1 Short Title
(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2013.
(2) In this Act the Public Holidays Act (Cap. 51), as amended, is referred to as the
Principal Act.
2 Section 2 amended
Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) in the proviso by:
(i) deleting the word “and” after “Easter Monday” and replacing it with
“,”; and
(ii) inserting after the words “ANZAC Day,” the words “Birthday of the
reigning Sovereign of Tonga and Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of
Tonga,”; and
(b) by inserting immediately after the proviso the following:
Section 2 Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2013
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“Further provided that the Birthday of the reigning Sovereign of Tonga
and the Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga shall be celebrated
on the day it falls, unless it falls on a Sunday in which case it would be
celebrated on the next following Monday.”
Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 20
th
day of June 2013.