Section 19: Protection from slavery and forced labour.

(1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude or be required to perform forced labour or traffic or deal inhuman beings. (2) For the purposes of this section the expression "forced labour" does not include— a. any labour required in consequence of a sentence or order of a court; or b. labour required of any person while he is lawfully detained, which though not required in consequence of the sentence or order of a court, is reasonably necessary in the interest of hygiene or for the maintenance of the place in which he is detained; or c. any labour required of a member of a defence force in pursuance of his duties as such or, in the case of a person who has conscientious objections to service as such a member, any labour which that person is required by law to perform in place of such service; or d. any labour required during a period of public emergency or calamity which threatens the life of well-being of the community; or e. communal labour or labour which forms part of other civic obligation.