Maternity Leave

Maternity Leave

101. For a female service personnel, maternity leave:
(a) shall be entitled for six months from the date of the leave;
(b) shall not be granted in continuation of other kinds of leave;
(c) if requested with the evidence of medical certificate, the other kind of leave may be granted in continuation of maternity leave after it;
(d) in the condition of miscarriage, maternity leave shall be granted not more than six weeks on evidence of the medical certificate;
(e) in the condition of likelihood of miscarriage, maternity leave itself shall not be granted but only other appropriate kind of leave;
(f) in case of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, the appropriate kind of leave shall be granted not more than six weeks on submission of the medical certificate without debiting against maternity leave;
(g) if a twin or more than two babies are born, six weeks shall be granted as additional maternity leave to care for babies after the date immediately at the end of ordinary maternity leave.
(h) if the husband of the concerned female service personnel giving birth to a baby is also a service personnel, he shall be granted two weeks to care for the baby. He is entitled to full pay and treated as on duty.

102. Leave salary during maternity leave is entitled to full pay.