Subject to subsection (3) of this section, in every award the Court shall provide for the grant to every worker bound by the award of not less than ten whole holidays, on pay, in addition to annual holidays.

Subject as aforesaid, the holidays to be so provided shall include Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, the second day of January (or some other day in its place), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day, the birthday of the reigning Sovereign, and the day of the anniversary of the province (or some other day in its place).

The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply in respect of any award where there are special reasons for making other provision in respect of holidays. For the purposes of this subsection, the expression “special reasons” includes the necessity or desirability of making other provision in respect of holidays because of the nature of the industry to which the award relates; and also includes any agreement made by the parties, in conciliation proceedings under this Act, for the making of such other provision as aforesaid; and also includes provision made in the award for not less than ten whole holidays of which one or more is not a day specified in subsection (2) of this section.”