Payment of maternity benefit

The payments to be made in accordance with sections 177 to 179, shall be paid in two instalments as follows– (a) in respect of the period up to and including the day of confinement, within seven days after parturition; (b) in respect of the period after confinement, within seven days after the end of that period, 111 Provided that if a woman dies during the said periods payment shall only be made up to and including the day of her