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Section 65. Benefits not to be combined.
The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Act no. 34 of 19481948Repealed 21 November 2025All India (Central Act)
This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), s.164(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
65. Benefits not to be combined.—(1) An insured person shall not be entitled to receive for the same period— (a) both sickness benefit and maternity benefit; or (b) both sickness benefit and disablement benefit for temporary disablement; or (c) both maternity benefit and disablement benefit for temporary disablement. (2) Where a person is entitled to more than one of the benefits mentioned in sub-section (1), he shall be entitled to choose which benefit he shall receive.