Section 88: Claim for maternity benefit commencing before confinement

Every insured woman claiming maternity benefit before confinement shall submit to the appropriate Branch Office by post or otherwise —

(i) a certificate of expected confinement in Form 18 given in accordance with these regulations, not earlier than fifty days before the expected date of confinement ;

(ii) a claim for maternity benefit in Form 19 stating therein the date on which she ceased or will cease to work for remuneration ; and

(iii) within thirty days of the date on which her confinement takes place, a certificate of confinement in Form 18 given in accordance with these regulations.