Grant of National and Festival Holidays

Every employee shall be allowed in each calendar year a holiday of one whole day on the 26th January, 1st May, the 15th August, 16th August and the 2nd October and three other holidays each of one whole day for such festival as the Inspector may, in consultation with the employer and the employees, specify in respect of any industrial establishment: Provided that if in any calendar year the 26th January, 1st May, the 15th August, 16th August or the 2nd October falls on a weekly holiday, every employee shall, in addition to his normal wages, at his option and subject to the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 5, be entitled to --- (i) an extra single days’s wages, or (ii) avail himself of an additional holiday with wages on any other day.