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... (d) Any work or service exacted in cases of emergency, that is to say,
in the event of war or of a calamity or threatened calamity, such as fire,
flood, famine, earthquake, violent epidemic or epizootic diseases,
invasion by animal, insect or vegetable pests, and in general any
circumstance that would endanger the existence or the well-being of the
whole or part of the population; ...
... 1. Except in cases of special necessity, persons from whom forced or
compulsory labour is exacted shall not be transferred to districts where
the food and climate differ so considerably from those to which they have
been accustomed as to endanger their health. ...