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Rh ::(ii) the income she would have otherwise derived from her trade, business, profession or vocation.

(8) Nothing in this section shall be construed as derograting from any other benefits that the female employee is entitled to during the benefit period under the terms of her contract of service or under any other written law.

Reimbursement from Government

10.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), every employer who makes payment to a female employee at her gross rate of pay in accordance with section 9 shall be entitled to claim reimbursement from the Government in accordance with the regulations made under section 20 of—
 * (a) the amount of such payment; and
 * (b) any contribution which the employer is liable to make in respect of such payment under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36) which is not recoverable from the employee’s wages.

(2) No employer shall be entitled to claim reimbursement from the Government of an amount exceeding $20,000 in respect of each female employee who is entitled to payment at her gross rate of pay under section 9.

Recovery of payment by Government and employer

11.—(1) Where any payment has been made by an employer to a female employee or by the Government to a self-employed woman under section 9 by reason of a mistake of fact or in reliance of any false or misleading statement or document made or furnished by that female employee or self-employed woman—
 * (a) the employer may, if he has not been reimbursed by the Government for the payment to the female employee under section 9, recover the payment directly from the female employee; and
 * (b) the Government may, where it has reimbursed an employer for the payment to the female employee under section 9, recover such payment from the female employee or where the payment is made to a self-employed woman, from that woman, as a civil debt.