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← Employment Act 1955

Employment Act 1955 s 94

Employment Act 1955 s 94

Sections 34–36, 45–56 and 95–96 were repealed by later amendments.

s 94 Under Part IX

Any employer who— (a) fails to grant maternity leave to a female employee employed by him and entitled thereto under Part IX; (b) fails to pay the maternity allowance to a female employee employed by him and entitled thereto under Part IX, or to her nominee, or to her personal legal representative; (c) fails to pay maternity allowance in the manner prescribed in section 38; or (d) contravenes section 42 or 44, commits an offence, and shall also— (aa) in the event of a conviction for an offence under paragraph (a), be ordered by the court before which he is convicted to pay to the female employee concerned the maternity allowance to which she may be entitled under Part IX in respect of every day on which the female employee had worked during the eligible period referred to in paragraph 37(1)(a), the payment so ordered being in addition to the wages payable to her, and the amount of maternity allowance so ordered by the court to be paid shall be recoverable as if it were a fine imposed by such court; and (bb) in the event of a conviction for an offence under paragraph (b), be ordered by the court before which he is convicted to pay to the female employee concerned the maternity allowance to which she is entitled under Part IX, and the amount of maternity allowance so ordered by the court to be paid shall be recoverable as if it were a fine imposed by such court. 95–96. (Deleted by *Act No. 40 of 1966). *NOTE—The Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966 [40 of 1966] has since been revised as the Children and Young Persons (Employment)Act 1966 [Act 350].

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Text as at 1 August 2023 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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