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No. 1.]
HOLIDAYS.
[A.D. 1947

(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 30th day of August, or if that day should be a Sunday then the following day;
(13) Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Day, or if that day should be a Sunday then the following day;
(14) the tenth day of October, or if that day should be a Sunday then the following day;
(15) the day following Remembrance Sunday;
(16) Christmas Day; or if that day should be a Sunday then the following day;
(17) 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.

School Holiday. 4. The following day shall be a School holiday:

Empire Day, that is to say, the 24th day of May, or if that day should be a Sunday then the following day.

Regulations may exclude public offices, etc. 5. The Governor may make regulations excluding in whole or in part from the operation of section 3 any public office or Government department.