Employment of or work by women prohibited during certain periods :

Section 4 of the Act provides that no employer shall knowingly employ a woman in any establishment during the six weeks immediately following the day of her delivery, miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy. It also specifies that no women shall work in any establishment during the six weeks immediately following the day of her delivery, miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy.

It may be noted that if a pregnant women makes request to her employer, she shall not be given to do during the period of one month immediately preceding the period of six weeks, before the date of her expected delivery, any work which is of an arduous nature or which involves long hours of standing, or which in any way is likely to interfere with her pregnancy or the normal development of the foetus, or is likely to cause her miscarriage or otherwise to adversely affect her health.