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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Section 10

Leave for Illness Arising out of Pregnancy, Delivery, Premature Birth of Child, Miscarriage, Medical Termination of Pregnancy or Tubectomy Operation

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Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Section 10 is part of Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 - Leave for Illness Arising out of Pregnancy, Delivery, Premature Birth of Child, Miscarriage, Medical Termination of Pregnancy or Tubectomy Operation. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Leave for illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child,1[miscarriage, medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation]

A woman suffering from illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery; premature birth of child1[miscarriage, medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation] shall, on production of such proof as may be prescribed, be entitled, in addition to the period of absence allowed to her under section 6, or, as the case may be, under section 9, to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for a maximum period of one month.

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1. Substituted by Act 29 of 1995, section 6, for "or miscarriage" w.e.f. 1-2-1996.

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What does Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Section 10 provide?

Section Section 10 of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Leave for Illness Arising out of Pregnancy, Delivery, Premature Birth of Child, Miscarriage, Medical Termination of Pregnancy or Tubectomy Operation) is reproduced on this page as part of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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