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ARTICLE-2     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (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; ...


ARTICLE-6     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Officials of the administration, even when they have the duty of encouraging the populations under their charge to engage in some form of labour, shall not put constraint upon the said populations or upon any individual members thereof to work for private individuals, companies or associations. ...
... Officials of the administration, even when they have the duty of encouraging the populations under their charge to engage in some form of labour, shall not put constraint upon the said populations or upon any individual members thereof to work for private individuals, companies or associations. ...


ARTICLE-9     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (d) That the work or service will not lay too heavy a burden upon the present population, having regard to the labour available and its capacity to undertake the work. ...


ARTICLE-10     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) That the work or service will not lay too heavy a burden upon the present population, having regard to the labour available and its capacity to undertake the work; ...


ARTICLE-11     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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-18     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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. ...