5. The following new section are hereby inserted immediately after section 10, and shall have effect as sections 10A and 10A, of the principal enactment:
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| | (1) The employment of a woman worker shall not be terminated by reason only of her pregnancy or confinement or of any illness consequent on her pregnancy or confinement. | | |
| | (2) Where an employer is prosecuted for the offence of acting in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1), the burden of proving that the employment of the woman worker was terminated by reason of some fact other than her pregnancy or confinement or any illness consequent on her pregnancy or confinement shall be upon the employer. | | |
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| | (1) Where a woman worker gives notice to her employer that she expects to be confined within such period (not exceeding three months), from the date specified in the notice, as may be so specified, she shall not be employed, or be caused or permitted to be employed, during the period commencing on that date and ending on the date immediately preceding the date of her confinement, on any such work as may be injurious to her or her child. | | |
| | (2) A woman worker who is confined shall not be employed, or be caused or permitted to be employed, during the period of three months commencing on the date of her confinement, on any work referred to in subsection (1). ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts