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NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACT
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
CHAPTER 252
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC
HOLIDAYS ACT
To make provision regarding the National Holidays of Malta and other
public holidays.
27th June, 1975
ACT XXX of 1975, as amended by Legal Notices: 38 and 59 of 1977; Act
X of 1980; Legal Notices 8 and 40 of 1987; and Acts VIII of 1989 , II of
2005 and IV of 2021.
The short title of this Act is the National Holidays and
other Public Holidays Act.
[ARTICLE 5(1)]
List of Public Holidays
(in addition to National Holidays and Sundays)
1st January
New Year’s Day
10th February
Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck
19th March
Feast of St. Joseph
Good Friday
Workers’ Day
Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul
15th August
Feast of the Assumption
8th December
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
25th December
Christmas Day
The following shall be National Holidays
the twenty first day of September known as Jum 1-Indipendenza,
the thirteenth day of December known as Jum ir-Repubblika,
the thirty first day of March known as Jum il-Ħelsien,
the eighth of September known as Jum il-Vittorja,
the seventh day of June known as the Sette Giugno.
The National Holidays shall be public holidays and on
those occasions there shall be flown on public buildings the
National Flag of Malta.
The Prime Minister shall give such directions as he may
deem appropriate for the due celebration of the National Holidays.
(1) Sundays and the days listed in the Schedule shall be
public holidays.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article, the
Prime Minister may by notice in the Gazette -
(a) order any day to be observed as a public holiday in
addition to other public holidays;
(b) order that any day listed in the Schedule shall not be
observed as a public holiday.
(3) The Prime Minister may also, by order in the Gazette,
amend the Schedule.
(4)
On public holidays, all Government offices shall be closed
Provided that the Prime Minister may direct that one or more
Government offices shall be kept open on any public holiday
specified in the direction.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, or in
any contract, or in any other instrument whatsoever
(a) where under the conditions of service applicable to a
person such person is, or but for the provisions of this
Act would have been, entitled to a holiday on any day
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
which ceases to be a public holiday by virtue of this
Act, such person shall cease to be entitled to a holiday
on any such day as aforesaid, but shall become entitled
to a holiday on any day which is a public holiday after
the commencement of this Act and was not a public
holiday before that date;
(b) with effect from 1st January, 2005 when a National
Holiday or a Public Holiday listed in the Schedule falls
on a Saturday or on a Sunday, it shall not be deemed to
be a public holiday for the purposes of entitling any
person to an additional day of vacation leave;
(c) with effect from 1st January 2021, when a national
holiday or a public holiday listed in the Schedule falls on
a Saturday or on a Sunday, it shall be deemed to be a
public holiday for the purposes of entitling any person to
a day of vacation leave in addition to the leave
entitlement for that particular year as calculated on the
basic entitlement provided in regulation 8 of the
Organisation of Working Time Regulations;
and any such other law, contract or instrument as aforesaid shall
have effect accordingly.