ACTTo provide for public holidays and for incidental matters.BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia, as follows:-1. Public Holidays
(1)The days specified in the Schedule shall be public holidays.(2)When a public holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday shall also be a public holiday, unless that Monday is a public holiday.(3)The President may by proclamation in the Gazette declare any day in a particular year, not being a public holiday in terms of subsection (1) or (2), to be a public holiday.2. Interpretation of laws
Any reference in any law to a public holiday shall be construed as a reference to a public holiday referred to in section 1.
The Public Holidays Act, 1987, is hereby repealed.4. Short title and commencement
This Act shall be called the Public Holidays Act, 1990, and shall come into operation on 1 February 1991.
Schedule
New Year’s DayGood FridayEaster MondayIndependence Day (the twenty-first day of March)Workers Day (the first day of May)Cassinga Day (the fourth day of May)Ascension DayAfrica Day (the twenty-fifth day of May)Heroes Day (the twenty-sixth day of August)Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day (the tenth day of December)Christmas Day (the twenty-fifth day of December)Family Day (the twenty-sixth day of December).