Jersey Law 6/1951
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND BANK HOLIDAYS (JERSEY) LAW, 1951.
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A LAW to
make provision for public holidays and bank holidays and for matters incidental
thereto, sanctioned by Order of His Majesty in Council of the
9th day of APRIL, 1951.
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(Registered on the 5th day of May, 1951).
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STATES OF JERSEY.
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The 23rd day of
January, 1951.
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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of
His Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law: -
[ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
In this Law –
“business day” means any day other than Christmas Day,
Good Friday, a Sunday or a bank holiday;
“normal banking hours”, in relation to any bank, means
the hours last notified, in accordance with the “Loi
déterminant la publicité
requise en cas de changement des heures d’ouverture et de fermeture
des maisons de banque en cette Ile”, confirmed by
Order of His Majesty in Council, dated 19th May, 1931, as the
hours between which the bank will be open for the transaction of banking
business.]
ARTICLE 2
POWER OF STATES TO APPOINT DAYS TO BE OBSERVED AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
AND BANK HOLIDAYS
(1) The
States may by Act appoint the days of the year which are to be observed as
public holidays or bank holidays, and any such Act may relate to the same day
in each year or to any day in any year.
(2) Every
day appointed by such an Act as aforesaid to be observed as a public holiday
shall also be observed as a bank holiday, unless provision otherwise be made by
the Act.
ARTICLE 3
BANKS TO BE CLOSED ON BANK HOLIDAYS
Every bank in the Island shall be closed for the transaction of
banking business with the public on bank holidays.
ARTICLE 4
POWER OF BAILIFF TO MAKE PROVISION IN CASES OF EMERGENCY
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2 of this Law, where, in
the opinion of the Bailiff, it is desirable, owing to the existence of any
emergency, that banks should be closed for the transaction of banking business
with the public on any business day or that they should be open for the transaction
of such business on any bank holiday, he may direct that that day shall, or, as
the case may be, shall not, be observed as a bank holiday.
[ARTICLE 4A
BANKS TO CLOSE OR OPEN IN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES
Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 2 and 4 of this Law,
where it is considered expedient, in view of particular circumstances, that
banks should –
(a) be
closed for the transaction of banking business with the public for any period
during normal banking hours; or
(b) remain
open for the transaction of banking business with the public either during part
of any bank holiday, or for any period outside normal banking hours;
the Bailiff, on the recommendation of the Finance Committee, may direct that, for such period or periods as may
be specified in the direction, banks shall be closed, or shall remain open, as
the case may be.]
ARTICLE 5
PROVISIONS AS TO BILLS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS DUE AND PAYABLE ON
BANK HOLIDAYS
All bills of exchange, promissory notes and other instruments due
and payable on a bank holiday shall be payable, and in case of non-payment may
be noted and protested, on the business day next following that bank holiday,
and any such noting or protest shall be as valid as if made on the day on which
the bill, note or other instrument was made due and payable.
ARTICLE 6
PROVISIONS AS TO NOTICE OF DISHONOUR AND PRESENTATION FOR HONOUR
Where the day on which any notice of dishonour
of an unpaid bill of exchange or promissory note or other unpaid instrument
should be given, or where the day on which a bill of exchange, promissory note
or other instrument should be presented or received for acceptance, or accepted
or forwarded to any referee or referees, is a bank holiday, such notice of dishonour shall be given and such bill of exchange, promissory
note or other instrument shall be presented or forwarded on the business day
next following that bank holiday.
ARTICLE 7
PROVISIONS AS TO PAYMENT ON BANK HOLIDAYS
No person shall be compellable to make any payment or to do any act
on a bank holiday which he would not be compellable to make or do on Christmas
Day or Good Friday; and the obligation to make such payment or do such act
shall apply to the business day next following that bank holiday and the making
of such payment or the doing of such act on such business day as aforesaid
shall be equivalent to payment of the money or performance of the act on that
bank holiday.
ARTICLE 8
SITTINGS OF ROYAL COURT
The power to make rules of court under the Royal Court (Jersey)
Law, 1948, shall include a power to make rules prescribing the
days on which the Royal Court may or may not sit.
ARTICLE 9
REPEAL
The “Loi déterminant
les Jours de Banques Fériés”, confirmed by Order of Her
Majesty in Council of the third day of May, 1882, is hereby
repealed.
ARTICLE 10
SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Public Holidays and Bank Holidays (Jersey) Law, 1951.
(2) This
Law shall come into force forthwith upon promulgation:
Provided that Article 9 of this Law shall not come into force until
such day as the States may by Act appoint.
To be printed, published and posted.
F. DE. L. BOIS,
Greffier of the States.