(4) that, in case of illness or accident causing incapacity to work of a
certain duration, the worker is repatriated at the expense of the
administration;
(5) that any worker who may wish to remain as a voluntary worker at the
end of his period of forced or compulsory labour is permitted to do so
without, for a period of two years, losing his right to repatriation free of
expense to himself.
Article 18
18, (1)
Forced or compulsory labour for the transport of persons or goods,
such as the labour of porters or boatmen, shall be abolished within the shortest
possible period. Meanwhile the competent authority shall promulgate regulations
determining, inter alia, (a) that such labour shall only be employed for the
purpose of facilitating the movement of officials of the administration, when on
duty, or for the transport of Government stores, or, in cases of very urgent
necessity, the transport of persons other than officials, (b) that the workers so
employed shall be medically certified to be physically fit, where medical
examination is possible, and that where such medical examination is not
practicable the person employing such workers shall be held responsible for
ensuring that they are physically fit and not suffering from any infectious or
contagious disease, (c) the maximum load which these workers may carry, (d)
the maximum distance from their homes to which they may be taken, (e) the
maximum number of days per month or other period for which they may be
taken, including the days spent in returning to their homes, and (f) the persons
entitled to demand this form of forced or compulsory labour and the extent to
which they are entitled to demand it.
18. (2)
In fixing the maxima referred to under (c), (d) and (e) in the
foregoing paragraph, the competent authority shall have regard to all relevant
factors, including the physical development of the population from which the
workers are recruited, the nature of the country through which they must travel
and the climatic conditions.
18. (3)
The competent authority shall further provide that the normal daily
journey of such workers shall not exceed a distance corresponding to an average
working day of eight hours, it being understood that account shall be taken not
only of the weight to be carried and the distance to be covered, but also of the
nature of the road, the season and all other relevant factors, and that, where
hours of journey in excess of the normal daily journey are exacted, they shall be
remunerated at rates higher than the normal rates.
Article 19
19. (1)
The competent authority shall only authorise recourse to
compulsory cultivation as a method of precaution against famine or a deficiency