Section 5B
Payment of maternity benefit in certain cases.
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.
1[5B. Payment of maternity benefit in certain cases.--Every woman--
(a) who is employed in a factory or other establishment to which the provisions of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), apply;
(b) whose wages (excluding remuneration for overtime work) for a month exceed the amount specified in sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 of that Act; and
(c) who fulfils the conditions specified in sub-section (2) of section 5,
shall be entitled to the payment of maternity benefit under this Act.]
(a) who is employed in a factory or other establishment to which the provisions of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), apply;
(b) whose wages (excluding remuneration for overtime work) for a month exceed the amount specified in sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 of that Act; and
(c) who fulfils the conditions specified in sub-section (2) of section 5,
shall be entitled to the payment of maternity benefit under this Act.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 53 of 1976, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-5-1976).