Public Holiday in 2024
A public holiday to bridge the weekend to a key religious festival that falls on Tuesday.
When is Public Holiday?
| Year | Dates |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Details are contained in Law No. 1973 which defines and fixes the system of legal holidays in Cameroon.
Law 73/5 of December 7, 1973, to regulate public holidays as amended and supplemented by law No 76/8 of July 8, 1976.
Article 1: 3 of the above-mentioned law considers: Ascension Day, Good Friday; The Assumption; Christmas; The end of Ramadan festival, The sheep festival as religious legal holidays and celebrated as such, and other religiously inspired festivals.
Article 4 of the same law indicates that the President of the Republic may by decree, declare a holiday if the day following a religious legal holiday, is celebrated on a Sunday or if the day before or the day after a legal holiday, when the relevant holiday is celebrated on a Friday or Tuesday.
According to the law, the following day is assimilated into the holiday from the point of view of working conditions and Remuneration.