Section 59A
Maternity Care Leave
(1) In cases where the wife of a male civil employee is to deliver a baby, such an employee shall be entitled to a maternity care leave of Fifteen days before and/or after delivery.
(2) A civil employee going on the maternity care leave shall be entitled to get full salary.
(3) The maternity care leave shall be given only for Two times during the service period.
(4) A civil employee who has gone on the maternity care leave shall have to submit the birth registration certificate of the child within Three months after the date on which the employee has taken the leave to the office in which he is in service.
(5) The period of such a leave of the civil employee who fails to submit such a certificate within the period as referred to in Sub-rule (4) shall be deducted from other leave to which he is entitled.
(6) The concerned office shall have to maintain updated records of the maternity care leave.