e) minor communal services of a kind which, being performed by the members of the
community in the direct interest of the said community, can therefore be considered as
normal civic obligations incumbent upon the members of the community, provided that the
members of the community or their direct representatives shall have the right to be
consulted in regard to the need for such services.
(Articles 3‐24 were transitional provisions and are no longer applicable.)
Article 25
The illegal exaction of forced or compulsory labour shall be punishable as a penal offence, and it shall
be an obligation on any Member ratifying this Convention to ensure that the penalties imposed by
law are really adequate and are strictly enforced.
Article 26
1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention undertakes
to apply it to the territories placed under its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty, tutelage
or authority, so far as it has the right to accept obligations affecting matters of internal jurisdiction;
provided that, if such Member may desire to take advantage of the provisions of article 35 of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, it shall append to its ratification a declaration
stating‐‐
1) the territories to which it intends to apply the provisions of this Convention without
modification;
2) the territories to which it intends to apply the provisions of this Convention with
modifications, together with details of the said modifications;
3) the territories in respect of which it reserves its decision.
2. The aforesaid declaration shall be deemed to be an integral part of the ratification and shall have
the force of ratification. It shall be open to any Member, by a subsequent declaration, to cancel in
whole or in part the reservations made, in pursuance of the provisions of subparagraphs (2) and (3)
of this Article, in the original declaration.
(Final provisions)