FORM 1
[See rule 3]
Notice under section 6 of the maternity Benefit Act of 1961
To,
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(Name of employer)
I,………………………………… (Name of woman)*wife/*daughter of ……………………………employed
as …………………….. at ……………………………………hereby give you notice that I* expect to be confined
within six weeks from the date of this notice and shall be absent from work from ……………………….. /
*have given birth to a child on ……………………………….. .
The maternity benefit and any other amount to which I am entitled under the provisions of the Maternity Benefit
Act, 1961, may be paid to ……………………………………………………………*Me/*Shri/Shrimathi/Kumari.
I shall not work in any establishment during the period for which I receive maternity benefit.
Date………………………………………………….
Signature of an attestor in case the woman is Signature or Thumb impression
Not able to sign, and affixes thumb impression of woman
* To be struck off when not applicable
FORM 2
[See rule 5 (1)]
This is to certify that I examined…………………………………………………………………*wife/* daughter
of ……………………. A woman employed in ………………………………on ……………………………and.
*found that she is pregnant and is expected to be delivered of a child within ………………………………………
(mention months and days) from the above-mentioned date / * found that she is delivered of a child on ………….
…………………………………… /* found that she had miscarriage on …………………………………………./
found that she is suffering from …………………………………….. ………….……..an illness arising out of her
*pregnancy / *delivery / *premature birth of a child / *miscarriage.
Date……………………….. Signature, qualifications and designation
if any, of registered medical practitioner.
Note. - The expressions “child” and “miscarriage” are defined in the Act as follows:-
(1) “ Child” includes a still-born child;
(2) “Miscarriage” means expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period prior to or during
the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but shall not include any miscarriage, causing of which is punishable under
the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1880).
* To be struck off when not applicable
FORM 3
[See rule 8(1)]
This is to certify that I examined ………………………………*wife/*daughter of……………….........................
a woman employed in ………………………………………………...and found that * she has been delivered of a
child on ………………………………………./ *she had miscarriage on ……………………………………… .
Date……………………………….. Signature of a registered midwife.
Note. - The expressions “child” and “miscarriage” are defined in the Act as follows:-
(1) “ Child” includes a still-born child;
(2) “Miscarriage” means expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period prior to or during
the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but shall not include any miscarriage, causing of which is punishable under
the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1880).
* To be struck off when not applicable