HONG KONG.
No. 1 OF 1947.
I assent.
Governor
10th January, 1947.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to
general and school holidays.
[10th January, 1947.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Holidays Short "Tille, Ordinance, 1947.
2. In this Ordinance,
(4) "General holiday" means a day which, subject to the provisions of section 5, shall be a dies non and which shall be kept as a holiday by all banks, educational establishments, public offices and Government departments;
(b) **School holiday" means a day which shall be kept by all Government schools, military schools and schools registered under the Education Ordinance, 1913.
3. The following days shall be general holidays-
(1) every Sunday;
(2) the first week-day of January;
(3) Chinese New Year's Day, or if that day should be a
Sunday then the following day:
(4) the first week-day following Chinese New Year's Day, or if Chinese New Year's Day should be a Sunday then Tuesday following Chinese New Year's Day:
(5) Good Friday ;
(0) 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 is Majesty's Birthday is to be kept on some other day, and then, such other day;
Interpreta
tion
General holidays.