FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

1. FEDERAL
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 6
MADAM MAZBAH BINTI TERMIZI
PREPARED BY :
RAWAIDA BINTI ZULKIFLI

2. CONTENT OF THE ARTICLE
 6(1)
-no one should be involved in slavery activities
TYPES OF SLAVERY
1. Chattel slavery- expected to perform labor
and sexual favors
2. Serfdom-they are tied to their masters
permissions, work on the land
3. Forced labor- lived off the threat of them or
their family being beaten

3.  6(2)
-compulsory services enforced by Parliament for the national purposes are
not considered as forced labor
EG: Program Latihan Khidmat Negara(PLKN)
 a three-month program, started in December 2003
 Malaysian 18-year-old youths are conscripted into this national service
program
 Encourage friendship between youths from different races, ethnics and
background

4.  6(3)
-any activities done under supervision, after found guilty in court, doesn’t
considered as forced labor
EG: a person commits a crime, being imprisonment, they were enforced to do
community work in prison
-that kind of work doesn’t count as a type of forced labor
-remedy for the crime he commits, enforced by the law

5.  6(4)
-an employee, works for the government doesn’t have the right to
demand whenever he was asked to do something unexpected
EG: -a teacher originated in Pahang
-being transferred to Sarawak, an isolated district
-he doesn’t have the right to argue
-based on the reason he works for the government

6. ACT RELATED ARTICLE 6
In order to abolish and eliminate any activities relating to slavery and forced labor,
these acts have been enacted:
1. Employment Act 1955
2. Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952(Act 273)
3. Children and Young Persons(Employment) 1966