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Dismissal during pregnancy or absence.— (1) When a woman absents herself from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be unlawful for her employer to dismiss her during or on account of such absence, or to give notice of dismissal on such a day that the notice will expire during such absence. (2) The dismissal of a woman at any time during her pregnancy if the woman but for such dismissal would have been entitled to maternity benefit under this Act shall not have the effect of depriving her of that maternity benefit. (3) If the confinement involves illness in capacitating a woman for work the employer shall not be entitled to dismiss her if she fails to return to duty on the expiry of eight weeks after her confinment, in addition to the leave provided for in section 7, without getting the approval of a Certifying Surgeon who may increase the period of absence if he considers fit.