2018 Belize Public And Bank Holidays

October 4, 2017

PUBLIC AND BANK HOLIDAYS, 2018

IT IS NOTIFIED for general information that public and bank holidays specified in the First and Second Schedules to Holidays Act, Chapter 289 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000 – 2003, will be observed on the following days during the year 2018 in accordance with section 3 of the said Act:-

Day	Date	Occasion
Monday	January 2^nd	New Year’s Day (in lieu of Sunday, 1^st January)
Monday	March 6^th	National Heroes and Benefactors Day (in lieu of Thursday, March 9^th)
Friday	April 14^th	Good Friday
Saturday	April 15^th	Holy Saturday
Monday	April 17^th	Easter Monday
Monday	May 1^st	Labour Day
Monday	May 22^nd	Sovereign’s Day/Commonwealth Day (in lieu of Wednesday, 24^th May)
Monday	September 11^th	St. George’s Caye Day (in lieu of Sunday, 10^th September)
Thursday	September 21^st	Independence Day
Monday	October 9^th	Pan American Day (in lieu of Thursday, 12^th October)
Monday	November 20^th	Garifuna Settlement Day (in lieu of Sunday, 19^th November)
Monday	December 25^th	Christmas Day
Tuesday	December 26^th	Boxing Day

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2018 Belize Public And Bank Holidays

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