Rule First 17

17. Rule 101 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules shall be substituted as follows:
“101 (a) Female service personnel shall be entitled to the maternity leave for six months from the starting date of the leave.
(b) Maternity leave;
(i) shall not be granted as a continuation of other kinds of leave.
(ii) if requested with the evidence of the medical certificate, may be followed by other kinds of leave.
(iii) in the condition of miscarriage, shall be granted for not more than six weeks on submission of the evidence of the medical certificate.
(iv) in the condition of likelihood of miscarriage, shall not be granted but only other appropriate kind of leave may be granted.
(v) in the case of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, the appropriate kind of leave shall be granted for not more than six weeks on submission of the evidence of the medical certificate without debiting against maternity leave.
(vi) for the birth of a twin or more than two babies, six weeks shall be granted as additional maternity leave to care for the babies after the date immediately at the end of ordinary maternity leave.
(c) if the husband of the concerned female giving birth is a civil service personnel, he shall be granted for two weeks to care for the baby. This two weeks shall be treated as on duty and granted with full pay.