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Section 9. Payment of maternity benefit in case of claimant's death.
THE KERALA MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1957
Act no. 19 of 19571957RepealedKerala (State Act)
This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Kerala Maternity Benefit (Repeal) Act, 1970 (8 of 1970); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
9. Payment of maternity benefit in case of claimant's death.—If a woman entitled to maternity benefit under the provisions of this Act dies during the period for which she is entitled to maternity benefit the employer shall pay the amount of maternity benefit due to the person who undertakes the care of the child, if the child is living, and if the child is not living, to the nominee mentioned in the notice given under sub-section (1) of section 5, and if there is no such nominee, to the heirs of the deceased woman.