Holidays Act 1951 s 8

s 8 Minister may appoint special days to be observed as bank or public holidays

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette or in such other manner as he thinks fit, appoint, in respect of Peninsular Malaysia, or the Federal Territory or, after consultation with the State Authority, in respect of a State, a day to be observed as a public holiday or a bank holiday in addition to, or in substitution for, any of the days mentioned in the Schedules and thereupon this Act shall, in Peninsular Malaysia, or in the Federal Territory, or in the State in respect of which a day is appointed to be observed as a holiday as aforesaid, be applicable to such day in the same manner as if the said day had been mentioned in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule, as the case may be.

Malay text (authoritative)

Menteri boleh menetapkan hari khas untuk diterima sebagai hari kelepasan bank atau hari kelepasan am

Menteri boleh, melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta atau dengan apa-apa cara lain sebagaimana yang difikirkannya patut, menetapkan, berkenaan dengan Semenanjung Malaysia, atau Wilayah Persekutuan atau, selepas berunding dengan Pihak Berkuasa Negeri, berkenaan dengan sesuatu Negeri, suatu hari untuk diterima sebagai hari kelepasan am atau hari kelepasan bank sebagai tambahan kepada, atau untuk menggantikan, mana-mana hari yang disebut dalam Jadual dan sesudah itu Akta ini hendaklah, dalam Semenanjung Malaysia, atau Wilayah Persekutuan, atau dalam Negeri, yang berkenaan dengannya suatu hari telah ditetapkan untuk diterima sebagai hari kelepasan seperti yang disebut terdahulu, terpakai bagi hari itu dengan cara yang sama seolah-olah hari tersebut telah disebut dalam Jadual Pertama atau Jadual Kedua mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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