Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Ins. by Act 52 of 1973, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975). 3 1[(ba) “commissioning mother” means a biological mother who uses her egg to create an embryo implanted in any other woman;] (c) “delivery” means the birth of a child; (d) “employer” means— (i) in relation to an establishment which is under the control of the Government, a person or authority appointed by the Government for the supervision and control of employees or where no person or authority is so appointed, the head of the department; (ii) in relation to an establishment under any local authority, the person appointed by such authority for the supervision and control of employees or where no person is so appointed, the chief executive officer of the local authority; (iii) in any other case, the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment and where the said affairs are entrusted to any other person whether called a manager, managing director, managing agent, or by any other name, such person; 2[(e) “establishment” means— (i) a factory; (ii) a mine; (iii) a plantation; (iv) an establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances; 3*** 4[(iva) a shop or establishment; or] (v) an establishment to which the provisions of this Act have been declared under sub-section (1) of section 2 to be applicable;] (f) “factory” means a factory as defined in clause(m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (g) “Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under section 14; (h) “maternity benefit” means the payment referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5; 5[(ha) “medical termination of pregnancy” means the termination of pregnancy permissible under the provisions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971);] (i) “mine” means a mine as defined in clause (j) of section 2 of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952); (j) “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 (45 of 1860); (k) “plantation” means a plantation as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (69 of 1951); (l) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) “State Government”, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof;