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Employment - Forced Labour Ss 6972

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            This Part shall have effect to the exclusion of the other provisions of this Act.

70.     Prohibition of exaction of forced labour

            Any person who exacts or imposes forced labour or causes or permits forced labour to be exacted or imposed for his benefit or for the benefit of any other person shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the penalties prescribed by section 151(d).

71.     Penalty for official constraint

            Any public officer who puts any constraint upon the population under his charge or upon any individual member of that population to work for any private individual, company or association shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the penalties prescribed by section 151(d).

72.     Saving

            Nothing in this Part shall authorize the exaction from any person of any work or service for which such person does not offer himself voluntarily where apart from this Part the exaction of such work or service would be illegal.