No person shall be held in slavery.
All forms of forced labour are prohibited, but Parliament may by law provide for compulsory service for national purposes.
Work or service required from any person as a consequence of a conviction or a finding of guilt in a court of law shall not be taken to be forced labour within the meaning of this Article, provided that such work or service is carried out under the supervision and control of a public authority.
Where by any written law the whole or any part of the functions of any public authority is to be carried on by another public authority, for the purpose of enabling those functions to be performed the employees of the first-mentioned public authority shall be bound to serve the second-mentioned public authority,
Art. 5
Clause (1): See Art. 149(1).
Clause (2)
The words “a High Court” substituted for the words “the Supreme Court” by Act 26/1963, section 70, in force from 16-09-1963.
Clause (4)
a. Proviso added by Act A354, section 4, in force from 31-08-1957.
b. Additional provisos added by Act A704, section 2, in force from 10-06-1988.
Art. 6
Clause (3)
The present Clause was inserted by Act A1130, section 2, in force from 28-09-2001, and replaced the earlier Clause which read as follows:
“(3) Work incidental to the serving of a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court of law shall not be taken to be forced labour within the meaning of this Article.”.
Clause (4)
Added by Act A354, section 5, in force from 27-08-1976.
Federal Constitution and their service with the second-mentioned public authority shall not be taken to be forced labour within the meaning of this
Article, and no such employee shall be entitled to demand any right from either the first-mentioned or the second-mentioned public authority by reason of the transfer of his employment.