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Every employee shall be entitled to, and be granted holiday with wages on every national holiday, anything contained in any other law, contract, document, usage or practice to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided that where an employee is, for any exigencies of business of the industrial establishment, required to work, and works on a national holiday, he shall be paid by the employer, twice the wages for a day, or at the option of the employee, wages for that day, and also a substituted holiday with wages falling within the next calendar month, not being a weekly holiday. Explanation-- Where an employee is paid wages by the day, or at piece rates, his wages for a day payable to him under this section, shall be the daily average of his wages, to be calculated the manner prescribed. Appointment of Inspectors