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(1) Every employee · in an establishment w•IM· shall be entitled after twelve months' eout;nuoua service in that establishment to privileg~ leave with wages for a period of 16 day.;') in the subse- quent period of twelve months, _provided that such privilege leave with wages may be accu- mulated upto maximum period of 30 days. , (2) Every employee in an establishment shall also be entitled during every twelve months of continuous service to medical leave w:th wages for a period not exceeding twelve days on the ground of any sickness incurred or accident sustained by him and to casual leave with wages for a period not exceeding twelve days on any reasonable grQund. (3) If an employee enti.tled to any leave under sub-section (1) is discharged by his em- ployer before he has been allowed the leave, or if having applied for and been refused the leave, he quits his employment before he hus been allowed the leave, the employer !th.all pay him the amount payable under this Act in rl!!!pect of the lf'ave (4) J£ an employee entitled to any luve u11der sub-section (2) is -discharged by hi~ em- ployer when he is sick or suffering from the result of an accident, the employer ~hall pay him the amount oavable under thi,s Act in respect of the period of the leave to which he is entitled 11.t the time ':l·f his discharge, in addi.tion tr-, the amount. if any. payable to him under sub-section (3). ,_ 11 (5) An employee shall be deemed to have completed a period of twelve months' contLnuous service within the meaning of this section, not- withstanding any interruption in service during those twelve months brought about (a) by ~ic kness, accident, or authorised leave (including authorised holidays and weekly holidays), not exceeding ninety days in the aggreagate for all three; or (b) by a lock-out; or (c) by a strike which is not an illegal strike : or (d) by inter- mittent periods of involuntary unemployment not exceeding thirty days in the aggreagate. and authorised leave shall be deemed not to include any weekly holiday allowed under this Act which occu_rs at the beginning or end of an interruption ·brought about by the leave. Wa~