Clause 11 is as regards forced labour and it reads:
“11. (a) Traffic in human beings, and
(b) forced labour in any form including begar and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
are here by prohibited and any contravention of this prohibition shall be an offence.
Explanation—
“Nothing in this sub-clause shall prevent the State from imposing compulsory service for public purposes without any discrimination on the ground of race, religion, caste or class.“