The Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill No. 76 of 2026

  1. Name of the Bill as appearing on the Order Paper:

The Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill, 2026

  1. The Stage of the Bill:

 First Reading

  1. Summary of What the Bill Proposes to Do

The object of this Bill is to amend the Public Holidays Act so as to remove the observance of a Monday as a public holiday on the day following a public holiday falling on a Sunday.

The Bill seeks to remove the sentence in section two of the act that states that, ‘Whenever any of the days mentioned in the Schedule falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a public holiday.’

  1. When the Bill has been Gazetted as an Act of Parliament:

[To be updated when the Act is gazetted]

  1. Contacts for submission of Comments: Email the National Assembly  or Visit the National Assembly Submission Portal