The Maternity Benefits Act, 1961
8. Payment of medical bonus
1Payment 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.]
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1. Subs. By Act No. 15 of 2008 w.e.f. 1-4-2008.
The Maternity Benefits Act, 1961
