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 over-time 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.]
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1. Inserted by Act 53 of 1976, section 3 w.e.f. 1-5-1976.