Section 23

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1) Every female employee shall be entitled—

to maternity leave for an eligible period in respect of each confinement; and

subject to this Chapter, to receive from her employer a maternity allowance to be calculated or prescribed as provided in this section in respect of the eligible period.”;

by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2)  Where a female employee is entitled to maternity leave under paragraph (a) of subsection (1), whether or not she is entitled to receive maternity allowance from her employer for the eligible period under subsection (5), or whether or not she has fulfilled the conditions set out in subsection (6), she may, with the consent of her employer, commence work at any time during the eligible period if she has been certified fit to resume work by a registered medical practitioner.”; and

in subsection (7)—

by substituting for the words “this section”

the words “subsection (1)”; and