AN ACT furrhcr fO drrwnd the National Holidays and olhu Public Holidays ACI. /975.
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
I assent.
(L.S. )
P AUl. XUEREB
Acting President
21s\ March. 1989
Aer No. VIII of 1989
AN ACT furrhcr fO drrwnd the National Holidays and olhu Public
Holidays ACI. /975.
BE IT ENACfED by the PrcsidefJt, by and with the advice and
consent of the House of Representatives , in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
This Act may be ciled as the National Holidays and other Shoo ,itlo.
Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 1989 and shall be read and
construed as onc with the National Day and otbe r Public Holidays Act ,
1'l75. which shall henceforth and for the purposes orlhis Act and for all
effects and purposcsofthis and any oth er law , be known as the National
Holidays and other Public Holidays Act, 1975, hcreina ftcrrcfcrred loa5 A't No. XXX
"the principal Act".
In section I of the principal Act , delete the words "the National A"",ndm<nt aI
Day and other Pl.lblic Holidays Act. 1975" and substi tute therefor the >Od;"" 1
words "the National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act, 1975".
J. For section 2 of the principal Act thcre shall be substilllted the Subni,.,;""
following
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2. The following shall be National Holidays
Hol'd .)~ .
The Twenty First day of September known asJum I·
Indipendenza.
The Thirteenth day of December known as Jum iT-
Repubblika.
The Thirty First day of MaTch known as Jum il-
f-telsien.
The Eigh th of September known as Jum il-Vittorja.
Th e Seventh day of June known as the Stile
Giugno.".
Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the principal Act shall be renumbered
sections 5, 6 and 7 respectively .
S. Immediately afte r section 2 of the princi pal Act there shall be
insened Ihe following new sections
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3. The National Holidays sha ll be public holidays and
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on those occasions there sha ll be flown on public buildi ngs the
fk>IidoY'
,
National Rag of Malta .
rublic
hoIido",.
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4. The Prim e Minister shall give such directions as he
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may deem appropriate for the due celebration ofltte National
Holidays.".
HolidoY'_
Minnufih wara l-artik.olu 2 tu'l- Att printipali ghand hom jidhlu
da .... n l-artikoli gOOda li gejjin
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3. II-Fcsti Nan:jonali jkunu btajjel pllbbliti u rdawk 1-
N ... "",oli
oktatjonijiel gllandha .illajjar il -Ihndicra Nazzjonali ta '
jk~ ...
Malta fuq il -bi n; pubbliku .
bc'lie'
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4. I)· Prim MiniSlru ghandu jagtll; daw!.: id -dirc ttivi li
.;0..; lal·
,idhirl u xierqa ghat-eekbmzzjom lal·Fe ~ti Nazzjo nali . ".
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For the Schedule to tile principal ACllhcre shall be substituted
Ihe following
"SCHED ULE
Section 5(1)
List of Public Holidays
(in addition to National Holidays and Sundays)
1st January
New Year's Day
10th Febroary
Feast ofSt. Paul's Shipwreck
19th March
Feast ofSt. Josep h
GoodFJid ay
Workers' Day
1st May
29th June
FeastofSt. Peter and St, Paul
15th August
Feastof the Assumption
8th December
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Christmas Day." .
25th December
Passed by the House of Representatives at Silt ing No. 2180fthe 14th March, 1989.
LAWREl' CE GONZl
Speaker
P . M USCAT T ERRHII I..E
Clerk to rhe HOWle of Represelllarives.
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