Act Number: 53

Act Name: The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-12-12

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 8: Payment of medical bonus.
    1[8. Payment of medical bonus.--(1) Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under this Act shall shall also be entitled to receive from her employer a medical bonus of one thousand rupees, if no pre-natal confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge.
     (2) The Central Government may before every three years, by notification in the Official Gazette, increase the amount of medical bonus subject to the maximum of twenty thousand rupees.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 15 of 2008, s. 2, for section 8 (w.e.f. 15-4-2008).
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