# 8 Payment of medical bonus
1[8. Payment of medical bonus.--(1) Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under this Act shall 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 15 of 2008, s. 2, for section 8 (w.e.f. 15-4-2008).
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Continuance of payment of maternity benefit in certain cases5B
Payment of maternity benefit in certain cases6
Notice of claim for maternity benefit and payment thereof7
Payment of maternity benefit in case of death of a woman9
Leave for miscarriage, etc9A
Leave with wages for tubectomy operation10
Leave for illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child, miscarriage, medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation
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