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(1) When a woman worker absents herself on the grounds that she expects delivery or that her delivery has taken place, the owner of the factory liable for her maternity benefit shall not be authorised to dismiss her during such absence. (2) The notice of dismissal given 1 [five months] before the delivery shall not have the effect of depriving woman worker of her right to receive her maternity benefit to which she would have been entitled in the absence of such notice or she would have been entitled on the date of her delivery under this Act. (3) The dispute whether the notice of dismissal to a pregnant woman worker is or is not contrary to the intention of sub-section (2), shall be decided by the 2 [Inspector] whose decision shall be final.