Maternity grant

(1) Maternity grant shall be payable to an insured woman if, in respect of her, not less than – (a) fifty contributions have been paid since the appointed day; and 68 Social Security (b) twenty–five contributions have been paid in the fifty weeks immediately preceding the week in which the confinement occurs. (2) An insured man shall be entitled to maternity grant if his wife is not entitled to such grant and if the conditions specified in paragraph (1) are satisfied by him: Provided that a man shall be entitled to a grant only once in a contribution year. (3) The amount of maternity grant shall be three hundred dollars. Invalidity Benefit