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.]
(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.]
1. Subs. by Act 15 of 2008, s. 2, for section 8 (w.e.f. 15-4-2008).