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ARTICLE-2
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... (c) Any
work
or
service
exacted from any
person
as a
consequence
of a
conviction
in a
court
of
law
, provided that the said
work
or
service
is carried out under the
supervision
and
control
of a
public authority
and that the said
person
is not
hired
to or placed at the
disposal
of
private
individuals
,
companies
or
associations
; ...
ARTICLE-3
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... For the
purposes
of this
Convention
the
term
"
competent authority
" shall mean either an
authority
of the
metropolitan
country
or the highest
central authority
in the
territory
concerned
. ...
... For the
purposes
of this
Convention
the
term
"
competent authority
" shall mean either an
authority
of the
metropolitan
country
or the highest
central authority
in the
territory
concerned
. ...
... For the
purposes
of this
Convention
the
term
"
competent authority
" shall mean either an
authority
of the
metropolitan
country
or the highest
central authority
in the
territory
concerned
. ...
ARTICLE-4
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... 1. The
competent authority
shall not impose or
permit
the
imposition
of forced or
compulsory labour
for the
benefit
of
private
individuals
,
companies
or
associations
. ...
ARTICLE-7
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... 2.
Chiefs
who
exercise
administrative
functions may, with the express
permission
of the
competent authority
, have
recourse
to forced or
compulsory labour
,
subject
to the
provisions
of
article
10
of this
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-8
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... 1. The
responsibility
for every
decision
to have
recourse
to forced or
compulsory labour
shall
rest
with the highest
civil
authority
in the
territory
concerned
. ...
... 2. Nevertheless, that
authority
may
delegate
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which does not involve the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
. That
authority
may also
delegate
, for such
periods
and
subject
to such
conditions
as may be laid down in the
regulations
provided for in
article
23
of this
Convention
,
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which involves the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
for the
purpose
of facilitating the
movement
of
officials
of the
administration
, when on
duty
, and for the
transport
of
Government
stores
. ...
... 2. Nevertheless, that
authority
may
delegate
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which does not involve the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
. That
authority
may also
delegate
, for such
periods
and
subject
to such
conditions
as may be laid down in the
regulations
provided for in
article
23
of this
Convention
,
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which involves the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
for the
purpose
of facilitating the
movement
of
officials
of the
administration
, when on
duty
, and for the
transport
of
Government
stores
. ...
... 2. Nevertheless, that
authority
may
delegate
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which does not involve the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
. That
authority
may also
delegate
, for such
periods
and
subject
to such
conditions
as may be laid down in the
regulations
provided for in
article
23
of this
Convention
,
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which involves the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
for the
purpose
of facilitating the
movement
of
officials
of the
administration
, when on
duty
, and for the
transport
of
Government
stores
. ...
... 2. Nevertheless, that
authority
may
delegate
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which does not involve the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
. That
authority
may also
delegate
, for such
periods
and
subject
to such
conditions
as may be laid down in the
regulations
provided for in
article
23
of this
Convention
,
powers
to the highest
local
authorities
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
which involves the
removal
of the workers from their
place
of
habitual residence
for the
purpose
of facilitating the
movement
of
officials
of the
administration
, when on
duty
, and for the
transport
of
Government
stores
. ...
ARTICLE-9
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... Except as otherwise provided for in
article
10
of this
Convention
, any
authority
competent
to exact forced or
compulsory labour
shall, before deciding to have
recourse
to such
labour
, satisfy itself: ...
ARTICLE-10
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... 2. Meanwhile, where forced or
compulsory labour
is exacted as a
tax
, and where
recourse
is had to forced or
compulsory labour
for the
execution
of
public works
by
chiefs
who
exercise
administrative
functions, the
authority
concerned
shall first satisfy itself: ...
ARTICLE-11
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... 2. For the
purposes
of subparagraph (c) of the preceding paragraph, the
regulations
provided for in
article
23
of this
Convention
shall fix the proportion of the resident
adult
able-bodied
males
who may be taken at any one
time
for forced or
compulsory labour
, provided always that this proportion shall in no
case
exceed 25 per cent. In fixing this proportion the
competent authority
shall take
account
of the
density
of the
population
, of its
social
and
physical
development
, of the
seasons
, and of the
work
which must be done by the
persons
concerned
on their own behalf in their
locality
, and, generally, shall have
regard
to the
economic
and
social
necessities of the
normal
life of the community
concerned
. ...
ARTICLE-14
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... 3. The
wages
shall be
paid
to each
worker
individually and not to his tribal
chief
or to any other
authority
. ...
ARTICLE-15
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... 2. In any
case
it shall be an
obligation
on any
authority
employing any
worker
on forced or
compulsory labour
to ensure the
subsistence
of any such
worker
who, by
accident
or
sickness
arising out of his
employment
, is rendered wholly or partially incapable of providing for himself, and to take
measures
to ensure the
maintenance
of any
persons
actually dependent upon such a
worker
in the
event
of his
incapacity
or decease arising out of his
employment
. ...
ARTICLE-17
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... Before permitting
recourse
to forced or
compulsory labour
for
works
of construction or
maintenance
which entail the workers remaining at the workplaces for considerable
periods
, the
competent authority
shall satisfy itself: ...
ARTICLE-18
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... 1. Forced or
compulsory labour
for the
transport
of
persons
or
goods
, such as the
labour
of porters or boatmen, shall be abolished within the shortest possible
period
. Meanwhile the
competent authority
shall promulgate
regulations
determining
,
inter alia
, ...
... 2. In fixing the maxima referred to under (c), (d ) and (e) in the foregoing paragraph, the
competent authority
shall have
regard
to all
relevant
factors
,
including
the
physical
development
of the
population
from which the workers are
recruited
, the
nature
of the
country
through which they must
travel
and the
climatic
conditions
. ...
... 3. The
competent authority
shall further provide that the
normal
daily
journey
of such workers shall not exceed a
distance
corresponding
to an average
working
day
of eight hours, it being understood that
account
shall be taken not only of the
weight
to be carried and the
distance
to be covered, but also of the
nature
of the
road
, the
season
and all other
relevant
factors
, and that, where hours of
journey
in excess of the
normal
daily
journey
are exacted, they shall be remunerated at
rates
higher than the
normal
rates
. ...
ARTICLE-19
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... 1. The
competent authority
shall only authorise
recourse
to
compulsory
cultivation
as a
method
of
precaution
against famine or a
deficiency
of
food
supplies
and always under the
condition
that the
food
or produce shall remain the
property
of the
individuals
or the
community
producing it. ...
ARTICLE-23
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... 1. To give
effect
to the
provisions
of this
Convention
the
competent authority
shall issue complete and precise
regulations
governing
the use of forced or
compulsory labour
. ...
... 2. These
regulations
shall contain,
inter alia
,
rules
permitting any
person
from whom forced or
compulsory labour
is exacted to forward all
complaints
relative to the
conditions
of
labour
to the
authorities
and ensuring that such
complaints
will be examined and taken into
consideration
. ...
ARTICLE-26
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... 1. Each
Member
of the
International Labour Organisation
which
ratifies
this
Convention
undertakes
to apply it to the
territories
placed under its
sovereignty
,
jurisdiction
,
protection
,
suzerainty
,
tutelage
or
authority
, so far as it has the
right
to
accept
obligations
affecting
matters of
internal
jurisdiction
; provided that, if such
Member
may desire to take
advantage
of the
provisions
of
article
35 of the
Constitution
of the
International Labour Organisation
, it shall append to its
ratification
a
declaration
stating: ...
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