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CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2006 - SECT 11

Freedom from forced work

    (1)     A person must not be held in slavery or servitude.

    (2)     A person must not be made to perform forced or compulsory labour.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (2) forced or compulsory labour does not include—

        (a)     work or service normally required of a person who is under detention because of a lawful court order or who, under a lawful court order, has been conditionally released from detention or ordered to perform work in the community; or

        (b)     work or service required because of an emergency threatening the Victorian community or a part of the Victorian community; or

        (c)     work or service that forms part of normal civil obligations.

    (4)     In this section "court order" includes an order made by a court of another jurisdiction.



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