Section 18
Forfeiture of maternity benefits.
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
About this Act
An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for certain periods before and after child-birth and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits.
If a woman works in any establishment after she has been
permitted by her employer to absent herself under the provisions of section 6 for any period during such
authorised absence, she shall forfeit her claim to the maternity benefit for such period.