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 13: No deduction of wages in certain cases.
    No deduction from the normal and usual daily wages of a woman entitled to maternity benefit under the provisions of this Act shall be made by reason only of--
         (a) the nature of work assigned to her by virtue of the provisions contained in sub-section (3) of section 4; or
         (b) breaks for nursing the child allowed to her under the provisions of section 11.
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