<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">WHEREAS Thursday, the lst day of                                               May, 1986 is not a statutory                                               public holiday.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              AND WHEREAS the PNDC has declared                                               the said date a holiday in                                               commemoration of the Centenary                                               Celebrations of May Day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              NOW THEREFORE in pursuance of the                                               said PNDC Declaration and in                                               exercise of the powers conferred                                               upon the Provisional National                                               Defence Council by section 2 of                                               the Public Holidays Decree, 1974 (NRCD                                               262) this Instrument is made this                                               29th day of April, 1986.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">                                              &nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              THURSDAY the 1st day of May, 1986                                               is hereby declared a Public                                               Holiday.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              FLT.-LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Chairman of the Provisional                                               National Defence Council</span></p>