Recovery of payment by Government
8.—(1) Where any payment has been made into a member’s bank account by the Government under the Scheme and such payment is—
- (a) made in reliance of any false or misleading statement or document made or furnished by the parent of the member;
- (b) made by reason of a mistake of fact; or
- (c) utilised for purposes not authorised by the Scheme,
the Government may recover such payment from any moneys standing to the credit of the member’s bank account.
(2) Where the Government is entitled to recover any payment from a member’s bank account under subsection (1), the bank at which the account is opened and maintained shall not authorise any further withdrawal from the account until the payment due to the Government has been deducted from the moneys standing to the credit of the account and paid to the Government.
PART III
THIRD CHILD MATERNITY LEAVE, PROTECTION AND BENEFITS
Length of benefit period, etc.
9.—(1) Notwithstanding section 76 (4) of the Employment Act (Cap. 91) and subject to this section and any regulations made under this Act, every female employee shall be entitled to absent herself from work—
- (a) during the period of 4 weeks immediately before and the period of 4 weeks immediately after her confinement; or
- (b) during the period of 8 weeks, as agreed to by her and her employer, commencing not earlier than 28 days immediately preceding the day of her confinement or later than that day,
and for such period (referred to in this Part as the benefit period) she shall be entitled to receive payment from her employer at her gross rate of pay in accordance with the regulations made under section 20.
