2. Section 3 of the Maternity Benefits Ordinance Replacement (hereinafter referred to as the" principal enactment"), as section 3 last a ended by Act No. 52 of 1981, is hereby repealed and Chapter 140. the following new section substituted therefor :
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| | (1) The period for which any woman shall be entitled to the payment of maternity benefit shall be
| | | (a) twelve weeks, that is to say two weeks up to and including the day of her confinement and ten weeks immediately following that day, if the confinement results in the issue of a live child, and such woman has, at the date of such confinement. no child or has one child; |
| (b) six weeks, that is to say two weeks up to and including the day of her confinement and four weeks immediately following that day
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| | (2) If a woman dies during the twelve weeks referred to in paragraph (a) or six weeks referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the maternity benefit shall be payable only for the days up to and including the day of her death.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts