2015
LABOUR AMENDMENT
No.5
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ZIMBABWE
ACT
TO amend the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01J; and to provide for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President
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of Zimbabwe.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the LabourAmendment Act, 2015.
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Amendment of section 2 Cap. 28:01
Section 2 ("Interpretation") of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] (hereinafter called
the principal Act) is amended by the insertion of the following definition-
""forced labour" means any work or services which a person is required to
perform against his or her will under the threat of some form of
punishment .",
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Amendment of section 11 of Cap. 28:01
Section 11 ("Employment
(a)
of young persons") of the principal Act is amended-
in subsection (l)(i) in paragraph
(a) by the deletion of "thirteen years" and the substitution
of "sixteen years";
(ii) in paragraph (b) by the deletion of "fifteen years" and the substitution
of "sixteen years":
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