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(ii) a place declared to be a factory under sub- section (1) of section 5 of that Act, in which any process is carried on for the manufacture of tea or in which any process is carried on incidental to or connected with such manufacture; (e) "maternity benefit" means the sum of money payable under the provisions of this Act to a woman employed in a plantation or a factory; (f) "nurse" includes a midwife or a trained dhai; -4g:r (g) "plantation" means any estate which is main- tained for the purpose of growino• b tea [the plant Camellia Thea (Linn)] and in which twenty or more women are employed, or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months, for that purpose; Bengal Short title, extent and commencement. 2 The West Bengal Maternity. Benefit (Tea Estates)- Act, 1948: [West Ben. Act Employment of, or work by, women in factories prohibited during certain period. Right to, and liability for, payment of maternity benefit. (Sections 3, 4.) (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) woman" means a woman worker ; and (5) expressions used, but not defined in this Act, have, where they have been defined in the Factories Act, 1934, the same meaning as in XXV of that Act.