Victorian Numbered Acts

CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2006 (NO 43 OF 2006) - SECT 11

    (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 sub-section (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.