Maternity Benefit Act : Payment of maternity benefit in certain cases. Indian Bare Acts :

Maternity Benefit Act,1961

Act No : 53

Section : Payment of maternity benefit in certain cases.

2*[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.]