Maternity Benefit Act,1961
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.]