Under Section 46, Subject to the provisions of this Act, the insured
persons, their dependants or the persons hereinafter mentioned, as the case may
be, shall be entitled to the following benefits, namely,-
- Periodical payments to any insured person in case of his sickness certified by a duly appointed medical practitioner or by any other person possessing such qualifications and experience as the Corporation may, by regulations, specify in this behalf (hereinafter referred to as sickness benefit);
Under Section 49, The qualification of a person to claim sickness
benefit, the conditions subject to which such benefit may be given, the rates
and period thereof shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central
Government.
Under Rule 55, Subject to the provisions of the Act and the
regulations, a person shall be qualified to claim sickness benefit for sickness
occurring during any benefit period if the contributions in respect of him were
payable for not less than seventy-eight days in the corresponding contribution
period and shall be entitled to receive such benefit at the daily standard
benefit rate for the period of his sickness.
Provided that in case of a person who becomes an employee within the
meaning of the Act for the first time and for whom a shorter contribution
period of less than 156 days is available, he shall be qualified to claim
sickness benefit if the contribution in respect of him were payable for not
less than half the number of days available for working in such contribution
period.
Provided that he shall not be entitled to the benefits for the first
two days of sickness [except] in the case of a spell of sickness following, at
an interval of not more than fifteen days, the spell of sickness for which
sickness benefits were last paid.
Provided further that sickness benefits shall not be paid to any
person for more than ninety-one days in any two consecutive benefit periods.
The daily rate of sickness benefit in respect of
a person during any benefit period shall be seventy per cent. of the standard
benefit rate of that person during the corresponding contribution period
rounded to the next higher rupee.
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