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CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE
any labour required in consequence of the
sentence or order of a court;
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 reasonably required for the purposes
referred to in section 13 (2) (f) or (h);
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 a written law in place of service as a member of such force;
any labour required by way of parental
discipline; or
any labour required by virtue of a written law
during a period of public emergency or in the
event of any other emergency or 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.
15 Protection from inhuman treatment
(1) No person shall be subjected to torture or to
inhuman or degrading punishment or other such
treatment.
(2) No treatment reasonably justifiable in the
circumstances of the case to prevent the escape from
custody of a person who has been lawfully detained
shall be held to be in contravention of subsection (1)
on the ground that it is degrading.
(3) No moderate corporal punishment inflicted—
(a) in appropriate circumstances upon a person
under the age of eighteen years by his parent
or guardian or by someone in loco parentis or
in whom are vested any of the powers of his
parent or guardian; or
(b) in execution of the judgment or order of a
court, upon a male person under the age of
eighteen years as a penalty for breach of any
law;
shall be held to be in contravention of subsection (1)
on the ground that it is inhuman or degrading.
(5) Delay in the execution of a sentence of death,
imposed upon a person in respect of a criminal
offence of which he has been convicted, shall not be
held to be a contravention of subsection (1).
[Subsection as inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 1993]
[Subsection as inserted by section 5 of Act 30 of 1990]
(4) The execution of a person who has been sentenced to death by a competent court in respect of a
criminal offence of which he has been convicted shall
not be held to be in contravention of subsection (1)
solely on the ground that the execution is carried out
in the manner prescribed in section 315 (2) of the
Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59]
as that section existed on the 1st October, 1990.
[Subsection as inserted by section 5 of Act 30 of 1990. As at
the 1st October, 1990, section 315(2) of the Criminal
Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59 of 1974] provided
that “where sentence of death is carried out, the person
sentenced shall be hanged by the neck until he is dead”.]
(6) A person upon whom any sentence has been
imposed by a competent court, whether before, on or
after the date of commencement of the Constitution of
Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 13) Act, 1993, in
respect
of
a
criminal
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