bers of the Public Service.
(5) This Act shall not apply to or in respect of –
(a) members of a disciplined force of the State; or
(b) members of any disciplined force of a foreign State who are in
Zimbabwe under any agreement concluded between the Government and the government of that foreign State.”.
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New section inserted after section 4 in Cap. 28:01
The principal Act is amended by the insertion after section 4 of the following sec-
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“4A Prohibition of forced labour
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), no person shall be required to per-form forced labour.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1) "forced labour" does not
include- -(a) any labour required in consequence of the sentence or order of
a court; or
(b) labour required of any person while he is lawfully detained,
which, though not required in consequence of the sentence or
order of a court- -(i)
is reasonably necessary in the interests of hygiene or for
the maintenance or management of the place at which
he is detained; or
(ii)
is permitted in terms of any other enactment; or
(c) any labour required of a member of a disciplined force in pursuance of his duties as such or any labour required of any person by virtue of an enactment in place of service as a member
of any such force or service; or
(d) any labour required by way of parental discipline; or
(e) any labour required by virtue of an enactment during a period
of public emergency or in the event of any other
disaster that threatens the life or well-being of the community,
to the extent that the requiring of such labour is reasonably
justifiable in the circumstances of any situation arising or existing during that period or as a result of that other emergency
or disaster, for the purpose of dealing with that situation.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of
an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years' or to both such fine and
such imprisonment.".
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Amendment of section 5 of Cap. 28:01
Section 5 of the principal Act is amended- -(a)
in subsections (1 ) and (2) by the deletion of "or sex' wherever it occurs and
the substitution of "gender, pregnancy, HIV/AIDS status or, subject to the
Disabled Persons Act [Chapter l7:0l ], any disability referred to in the definition of "disabled person" in that Act,”;
(b)
by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection –
“(3a) No employer shall fail to pay equal remuneration to male
and female employees for work of equal value: ';
(c)
by the insertion after subsection (6) of the following subsection- -"(6a) Where, notwithstanding that any act or omission referred to
in subsection (6) is not attributable wholly or mainly to the race, tribe,
place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed or gender of a person, it is
nevertheless shown that any act, practice or requirement by an employer
causes persons of a particular description by race, tribe, place of origin,
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