Punjab Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958

From: 1958-12-22 - To: 0000-00-00 An Ordinance to consolidate the law relating to employment of women in [2][establishments] in the [3][Punjab]. Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to employment of women in [4][establishments] in the [5][Punjab]; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the 7th day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:- 1. Short title and extent.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the [6][Punjab] Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958. [7][(2) It extends to the whole of [8][the Punjab]. 2. Definitions.– (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say– (a) “child” includes a still-born child; [9][(b) “Director of Labour Welfare” means the head of the Labour Welfare Directorate of the [10][Punjab], by whatever name called;] (c) “employer” means any person who has ultimate control over the appointment of a woman; [11][(d) “Establishment” means an organisation, whether industrial, commercial, or otherwise;] [12][(e) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;] (f) “Inspector of Factories” means a person appointed as Inspector of Factories under section 10 of the Factories Act, 1934[13]; (g) “maternity benefit” means the amount payable under the provisions of this Ordinance to a woman employed in [14][an establishment]; (h) “medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner nominated for the purposes of this Ordinance by the employer with the approval of the Inspector of Factories; (i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; (j) “still-born child” means any child which has issued forth from its mother after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after being completely expelled from its mother, breathe or show any other signs of life; (k) “wages” means wages as defined in clause (vi) of section 2 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936[15]; and (l) “woman” means a woman worker. (2) Expressions used in this…