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... 2. With a view to this complete suppression, recourse to forced or
compulsory labour may be had, during the transitional period, for public
purposes only and as an exceptional measure, subject to the conditions and
guarantees hereinafter provided. ...
... 1. Chiefs who do not exercise administrative functions shall not have
recourse to forced or compulsory labour. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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: ...
... 1. Forced or compulsory labour exacted as a tax and forced or compulsory
labour to which recourse is had for the execution of public works by
chiefs who exercise administrative functions shall be progressively
abolished. ...
... 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: ...
... 2. In the case of labour to which recourse is had by chiefs in the
exercise of their administrative functions, payment of wages in accordance
with the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be introduced as soon
as possible. ...
... 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: ...
... 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. ...
... The annual reports that Members which ratify this Convention agree to
make to the International Labour Office, pursuant to the provisions of
article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation,
on the measures they have taken to give effect to the provisions of this
Convention, shall contain as full information as possible, in respect of
each territory concerned, regarding the extent to which recourse has been
had to forced or compulsory labour in that territory, the purposes for
which it has been employed, the sickness and death rates, hours of work,
methods of payment of wages and rates of wages, and any other relevant
information. ...