Section 5 of the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, makes the employer liable for the payment of maternity benefit at the rate of average daily wage for the period of her actual absence immediately preceding and including the day of her delivery and six weeks immediately following that day. The point in dispute was whether Sundays being wageless holiday should be excluded from purview of Section 5? Discuss the rule of construction to be applied in this case and give a reasoned judgment.    (10 Marks)