V.      MATERNITY LEAVE

1. 	A female appointee shall be entitled to maternity leave without
        pay if she has completed 4 weeks of service; and be granted 10
        weeks' maternity leave on full pay if she has completed 40 weeks
        of service before the commencement of her maternity leave and in
        accordance with stipulations of the Employment Ordinance. An
        appointee who is not eligible for full-pay maternity leave shall
        take any annual leave due to her and thereafter be granted
        maternity leave without pay to cover a total absence from work
        of ten weeks.  Terms and conditions of service during a period of
        unpaid maternity leave will be the same as those for a period of
        no pay leave.

2. 	In making an application for maternity leave, a female appointee
        shall present a certificate signed by a registered medical
        practitioner specifying the expected date of confinement and the
        amount of leave recommended.

3.      With the agreement of the Dean or Head of Department/Office,
        maternity leave may commence within a period of not less than 2
        weeks before or not more than 4 weeks before the expected date of
        confinement.  If the staff member does not exercise her
        option of, or fails to secure the agreement of her Dean or Head of
        Department/Office to the commencement date of leave, maternity
        leave shall commence 4 weeks immediately before the expected date
        of confinement.

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