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MATERNITY BENEFIT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2008

[1st April, 2008.]

% Short title and commencement. !

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2008.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. @

% Substitution of new section for section 8. ! 2. Substitution of new section for section 8. - In the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, for section 8, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

"8. Payment of medical bonus. (1) Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under this Act shall also be entitled to receive from her employer a medical bonus of one thousand rupees, if no pre-natal confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge.

(2) The Central Government may before every three years, by notification in the Official Gazette, increase the amount of medical bonus subject to the maximum of twenty thousand rupees.". K.D. SINGH, Secy. to the Govt. of India. ---- CORRIGENDUM In the Karnataka Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 2008 (7 of 2008) as published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, dated 25th March, 2008 (Issue No. 13) at page 2, Vote No. 24, against Capital in Column 3 (Total), for "209,00,000" read "209,00,00,000". {}