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Article Z 12
 

• 1. If activities prescribed by or pursuant to this Act would fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or generally recognized holiday, the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or generally recognized holiday will take its place. This provision also applies to the simultaneous resignation of members of representative bodies.


• 2. The first paragraph also applies to activities for which the statutory term is determined by calculating back from a point in time or an event.


• 3. Insofar as the determination of the time for such activities is entrusted to the public authority, no Saturdays, Sundays, or generally recognized holidays will be designated for them.


• 4. Generally recognized public holidays are defined as the days listed as such in Article 3 of the General Terms Act and the days deemed equivalent by or pursuant to that article.