National Bank of South Africa Ltd v Leon Levson Studios Ltd [1913] ZAWLD 2 (14 January 1913)

Landlord and tenant - Payment of rent - Due date - Sunday - Public holiday

In terms of a lease rent was payable at a particular bank on the 1st of each month or within fifteen days thereafter. The 1st and 15th of a certain month were Sundays and the 16th was a public holiday when the bank was closed.

Held, that the fifteen days expired on the 16th, but as that day was a public holiday the rent was payable on the 17th notwithstanding that there were clerks in the bank on the 16th to whom payment might have been made.