20. Children not to work in establishment :- No child shall be required or allowed to work in any establishment.
21. Special provision for young persons :- No young person shall be required or allowed to work in establishment before 6 a.m. and after 7 p.m.
22. Daily and weekly hours of work for young persons :- Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no young person shall be required or allowed to work in any establishment for more than 7 hours in any day and forty two hours in any week nor shall such person be allowed to work overtime.
23. Special provision for women :- No Woman employee shall be required or allowed to work in any establishment before 6 00 a.m. and after 8 30 p.m.
24. Maternity leave :- The periods of absence from duty in respect of which a woman employee is entitled to maternity benefit under Section 25, shall be treated as authorised absence from duty, and the woman employee shall be entitled to maternity benefit, but not to any wages for any of those periods.
25. Maternity Benefit :- Every woman who has been for a period of not less than six months preceding the date of her delivery in continuous employment of the same employer whether in the same or different shops or commercial establishments, shall be entitled to receive from her employer for he period of
(a) six weeks immediately preceding the day of delivery; and
(b) six weeks following the day of delivery; such maternity benefit and in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that, no woman employee shall be entitled to receive such benefit for any day during any of the aforesaid periods, on which she attends work and receive wages therefor.
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