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Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (as amended) 🇬🇭

Ghana

Amendments

2019-04-17Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2019
2025-06-30Public Holidays and Commemorative Days (Amendment) Act, 2025
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Republic of Ghana


The six hundred and first

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (as amended)

  • Published by Government Gazette on 1 June 2001
  • Commenced on 1 June 2001
  1. [Amended by Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 986 of 2019) on 17 April 2019]
  2. [Amended by Public Holidays and Commemorative Days (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 1142 of 2025) on 30 June 2025]

1. Public Holidays

A day specified in the First Schedule is hereby declared a public holiday throughout the Republic.[Amended by section 2 of the Public Holidays Amendment Act, 2019 (Act 986)]

2. Additional Holidays

In addition to the public holidays provided under section 1, the President may, in the public interest, by executive instrument declare any other day to be a public holiday.

3. Substituted Holidays

(1)Where the President is satisfied that it would be inexpedient for a day provided under section 1 to be observed as a public holiday, the President may, by executive in…

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