20. APPLICATION OF MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, TO UNPROTECTED WOMEN WORKERS. –
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to in this section as “the said Act”) the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that all or any of the provisions of the said Act or the rules made thereunder shall apply to registered unprotected women workers employed in any scheduled employment to which this Act applies; and for that purpose they shall be deemed to be women within the meaning of the said Act; and in relation to such women employer shall mean where a Board makes payment of wages to such women, the Board; and in any other case, the employer as defined in this Act; and on such application of the provision of the said Act, an Inspector appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be the Inspector for the purpose of enforcement of such provisions of the said Act within the local limits of his jurisdiction.
