Section 23

dengan menggantikan subseksyen (1) dengan subseksyen yang berikut:

“(1)  Every female employee shall be entitled—

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

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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.”;

dengan menggantikan subseksyen (2) dengan subseksyen yang berikut:

“(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.”; dan

dalam subseksyen (7)—

dengan menggantikan perkataan “this section”

dengan perkataan “subsection (1)”; dan