Section 74 Manner of reckoning fifth, eighth and tenth days in sections 72 and 73

In reckoning for the purposes of sections 72 and 73, the fifth day, [or the eighth day] , after another day, any intervening day which is a public holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), shall be disregarded, and if the fifth [or eighth day] (as so reckoned) is itself such a public holiday, there shall for the said purposes be substituted the first day thereafter which is not such a holiday.