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Rh (2) A self-employed woman who—
 * (a) ceases to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation—
 * (i) during the period of 4 weeks immediately before and the period of 4 weeks immediately after her confinement; or
 * (ii) during the period of 8 weeks, commencing not earlier than 28 days immediately preceding the day of her confinement or later than that day; and
 * (b) has lost any income by reason of her ceasing to be actively engaged in such trade, business, profession or vocation,

shall be entitled to claim from the Government, in accordance with the regulations made under section 20, the income she would have otherwise derived from her trade, business, profession or vocation had she continued to be actively engaged in such trade, business, profession or vocation during that period.

(3) No woman shall be entitled to absent herself from work under subsection (1) or to payment under subsection (1) or (2) unless—
 * (a) the child who is the subject of her confinement—
 * (i) is a citizen of Singapore at the time of his birth;
 * (ii) is born alive on or after 1st April 2001; and
 * (iii) is the third child born alive to her;
 * (b) she—
 * (i) is lawfully married to the child’s natural father at the time the child is conceived; or
 * (ii) becomes lawfully married to the child’s natural father after the child is conceived but before the child’s birth, whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the child’s birth;
 * (c) in the case of a female employee, she has served the employer for not less than 180 days immediately preceding the day of her confinement; and
 * (d) in the case of a self-employed woman, she has been carrying on her trade, business, profession or vocation for a continuous period of not less than 180 days immediately preceding the day of her confinement.