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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its fourteenth session on 10 June 1930, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to forced or compulsory labour, which is included in the first item on the agenda of the session, and ...


ARTICLE-2     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Nevertheless, for the purposes of this Convention the term "forced or compulsory labour" shall not include: ...


ARTICLE-12     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The maximum period for which any person may be taken for forced or compulsory labour of all kinds in any one period of twelve months shall not exceed sixty days, including the time spent in going to and from the place of work. ...


ARTICLE-18     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) the maximum number of days per month or other period for which they may be taken, including the days spent in returning to their homes, and ...
... 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. ...