35(1)

35(a) The fact that a woman is pregnant or has been delivered of a child or has undergone miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation or is suffering from illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of a child or miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation shall be proved by the production of a certificate in Form-X, from-

35(a)(i) a registered medical practitioner; or (ii) an Accredited Social Health Activist; or (iii) a qualified Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife.

35(b) The fact that a woman has been confined may also be proved by the production of a certificate of birth from the municipality or the gram panchayat, extract from a birth register maintained under the provisions of any law for the time being in force or a certificate signed by an Accredited Social Health Activist or qualified Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife or Gram Pradhan or Village Administrative Officer or Authorised Officer of the Municipality, as the case may be.

35(c) The fact that a woman has undergone miscarriage may also be proved by the production of a certificate signed by a qualified Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife.

35(d) The fact of death of a woman or a child may be proved by the production of a certificate to that effect in Form-X from any of the authorities referred to in clause (a) that is to say from the Gram Pradhan or the Village Administrative Officer or Authorised Officer of the Municipality, as the case may be, or by the production of a certified extract from a death register maintained under the provisions of any law for the time being in force.