5. Amendment of section 7 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and substitution therefor, of the following subsection:—

“(2) A woman worker who has been confined shall, within one week of her confinement give notice to her employer of the date on which she was confined and for the purpose of ascertaining the number of days, she will be permitted to absent herself from the employment specify whether the confinement resulted in the issue of a live child or not;”;and

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:—

“(4) The employer shall on receipt of the notice from a woman worker under subsection (1) or subsection (2), permit that woman worker to absent herself from employment—

(a)

for two weeks immediately preceding, and ten weeks immediately following her

“Woman worker not to claim benefits, in respect of the same confinement, from more than one employer.

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confinement if the confinement results in the issue of a live child;

and

(b)

for two weeks immediately preceding and four weeks immediately following her confinement, if the confinement does not result in the issue of a live child:

Provided however, that where such woman worker has worked in her employment for any number of days during the aforesaid period of two weeks referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), she shall be permitted to absent herself from employment for such number of days after her confinement commencing from the day immediately after the date on which the aforesaid period of ten weeks or four weeks, as the case may be end.”;

(3)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (4) of that section of the following new subsection:—

“(5) The leave to which a woman worker is entitled under this Act in consequence of any confinement shall be in addition to any holiday or leave to which she is entitled under any other law or regulation.”.

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