Every insured woman claiming maternity benefit for miscarriage shall within 30 days of the date of the miscarriage, and every insured woman claiming maternity benefit after confinement, shall submit to the appropriate office by post or otherwise a claim for maternity benefit in Form 19 together with a certificate of confinement or miscarriage in Form 18 given in accordance with these regulations.
89-A. Claim for maternity benefit after the death of an insured woman leaving behind the child. — For the purposes of the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 50 of the Act, the person nominated by the deceased insured woman on Form 1 or on such other form as may be specified by the Director General in this behalf and if there is no such nominee, the legal representative, shall submit to the appropriate office by post or otherwise a claim for maternity benefit, as may be due, in Form 20 within 30 days of the death of the insured woman together with a death certificate in Form 21 given in accordance with those regulations.
89-B. Claim for maternity benefit in case of sickness arising out of pregnancy, confinement, premature birth of child or miscarriage. — (1) Every insured woman claiming maternity benefit in case of sickness arising out of pregnancy, confinement, premature birth of child or miscarriage, shall submit to the appropriate office by post or otherwise a claim for benefit in Form 9 appropriate to the circumstances of the case together with the appropriate medical certificate in Form 7 or 8 as the case may be, given in accordance with these regulations.
(2) The provision of Regulations 55 to 61 and 64 shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to a claim submitted and a certificate given in accordance with this Regulation as they apply to certification and claims under these regulations.