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Public Holidays Amendment Act 1970-71

COOK ISLANDS

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AMENDMENT ACT 1970-71

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Days to be observed as Public Holidays

1970-71, No. 29

An Act to amend the Public Holidays Ordinance 1949

(18 March 1971

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Public Holidays Amendment Act 1970-71 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Public Holidays Ordinance 1949 (hereinafter referred to as "the Ordinance").

2. Days to be observed as Public Holidays

Section 2 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by omitting the words "Constitution Days, i.e., 4th and 5th August in 1966 and subsequent years and when either the 4th or 5th August falls on a Saturday or Sunday the day or days shall be observed on the following Monday or Tuesday as the case may be", and substituting the words "Constitution Day 4th August, except when that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday in which case the following Monday shall be observed as the public holiday,

Gospel Day, 26th October, except when that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday in which case the following Monday shall be observed as the public holiday,".

This Act is administered in the Justice Department.

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS: Printed under the authority of the Cook Islands Government, by T. KAPI, Government Printer – 1971.