(Applicationto Merchant Seamen) Act, 1966

ASsented to in Her Majesty's name this 15th day of /uly, 1966. (LS No. 18 REE DO Sierra Leone H. J. L. BOSTON, Governor-General. Seamen The Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 1957 (Applicationto Merchant Seamen) Act, 1966 Being an Act to Ensure the Effective Application of the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 1957 with regard to Merchant BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and With the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the Same, as follows : A 77 Short title. Date of [21st July, 1966.] commence ment. A 78 Abolition seamen.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sevtion 45 of theot torced and PrisOns Act, 1960. n0 erson charged witlh or onvicted of an compulsory labour in ottence uttder the provisions of setion 2. or (araraphs (5), (c) connection or (e) of subsction () of section S of the Merchant Shiprping with ottences Act, 1S94, shall, under any cireumstances, be required to pertorm by merchant any torm of forad u compulsory labour (which expression shali tor the purposes of this Act be deemed to include any form of labour or servie whatsoever required to be perforned in a prison) but shall, whilst in prison reive the same treatment as that accorded to unconvicted criminal prisoters. Repeal of sections 222 to 224 of 57 No. 18 and 58 Vict. C. 60. (pplivtion te Meniant Senen) 1906 2 Sections 22? to 24 of the Merchant Shipping Act. 1S94. are hereby repealed. Passed in the House of Representatives this l6tlh day of Jue, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-siX. M.P. ML /35/l18 S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. S. V. WRIGHT. Clerk of the House of Representatives.