FORM D
[See rule 4(5)]
This is to certify that I examined ________________________________________________________
wife/daughter of _____________________________________________________________________
a woman employed in ________________________________________________________________
and found that she has been delivered of a child/has undergone miscarriage on ___________________
Date: __________ Signature of registered Doctor / midwife.
Definitions of "child" and "miscarriage" as in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961-
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 does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is
punishable under the Indian Penal Code.