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(1) When a woman absents herself from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall not be lawful for her employer to give her notice of dismissal during such absence or on such a day that the notice will expire during such absence. (2) (a) No notice of dismissal given without sufficient cause by an employer to a woman within a period of six months before her delivery shall have the effect of depriving her of any maternity benefit to which but for such notice she may have become entitled under this Act. (b) If any question arises as to whether any notice of dismissal is one to which clause (a) applies, such question shall be referred for decision to the Inspector of Factories, West Bengal, in the prescribed manner. An appeal from the decision of the Inspector shall, within sixty days thereof, lie in the prescribed manner to the _Labour !Commissioner, West Bengal, whose decision shall be final.