Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
Section 29: Amendment of Act 69 of 1951
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In section 32 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951.
(a) in sub-section (1), the letter and brackets “(a)” before the words “in the case of sickness”, the word “and” after the words “sickness allowance” and clause (b) shall be omitted;
(b) in sub-section (2), the words “or maternity” shall be omitted.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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