Section 10

The State Authority may in respect of any State public holiday declared under section 9, and the Minister may in respect of any

Federal Territory public holiday declared under section 9, make regulations excluding in whole or in part from the operation of this

Act any public office or any department thereof in such State or in the

Federal Territory, as the case may be, and the officers and employees

Holidays 9

of such office or department, and thereupon, subject to such limitation as may be imposed by such regulations, all acts and things relating to such public office or department may be done and performed in such State or the Federal Territory on any State holiday or any Federal Territory holiday, as the case may be, as if such day had not been declared a State public holiday or a Federal Territory public holiday by virtue of this Act.