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(1) Every woman who claims or intends to claim maternity benefit from her employer under this Act shall permit herself to be medically examined -by, or under the direction of, the medical practitioner referred to in sub-section (3) for the purpose of enabling him to determine the expected day of her delivery and such medical practitioner shall after such examination fur- nish her with a certificate as to the expected day of her delivery. (2) Every woman who claims or intends to claim maternity benefit from her employer under this Act -- shall, during the period which extends from the com- mencement of the six weeks immediately preceding the expected day of her delivery to the day of her deli- very and during the six weeks immediately following the day of her delivery,— (a) where free ante-natal and post-natal treatment is provided for her in any hospital or clinic approved in this behalf by the prescribed medical authority, attend such hospital or clinic as required by the medical officer-in- charge thereof and permit herself to be treated therein, or (b) where there is no such hospital or clinic, permit herself to be treated by such medical practitioner or nurse as is provided by her employer under sub-section (3). (3) Every employer shall arrange that the services of a medical practitioner and a nurse approved in this behalf by the prescribed medical authority are always available in his factory or plantation for the purpose of giving free ante-:natal and post-natal treatment or advice to the women of his factory or plantation.