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State holiday under Act

Thiruvananthapuram: The government has announced that the Negotiable Instruments Act (NIA) will be applied for the public holiday that has been shifted to Tuesday on account of Milad-e-Sherif. A statement said here on Sunday that Monday would be a working day for all government offices.

The BSNL has announced that Monday will be a working day for all its offices under the Kerala circle and the public holiday will be on Tuesday.

The Kerala State Electricity Board has announced that Monday will be a working day for its offices. The board said its offices would be closed on Tuesday.

The Director of Public Instruction, in a statement here, said the respective District Education Officers had been authorised to make arrangements in their areas in relation to the observation of Milad-e-Sherif holiday. The statement said that it had taken such a step because it had come to the directorate’s notice that several areas in south Kerala were observing Monday as Milad-e-Sherif. Tuesday would be working day for those institutions which observed Monday as holiday.

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