(2)
Children are entitled to be protected from economic exploitation and shall not be
employed in or required to perform work that is likely to be hazardous or to
interfere with their education, or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental,
spiritual, moral or social development. For the purposes of this SubArticle children
shall be persons under the age of sixteen (16) years.
(3)
No children under the age of fourteen (14) years shall be employed to work in any
factory or mine, save under conditions and circumstances regulated by Act of
Parliament. Nothing in this Sub-Article shall be construed as derogating in any
way from Sub-Article (2) hereof.
(4)
Any arrangement or scheme employed on any farm or other undertaking, the
object or effect of which is to compel the minor children of an employee to work
for or in the interest of the employer of such employee, shall for the purposes of
Article 9 hereof be deemed to constitute an arrangement or scheme to compel
the performance of forced labour.
(5)
No law authorising preventive detention shall permit children under the age of
sixteen (16) years to be detained.
Article 16 Property
(1)
All persons shall have the right in any part of Namibia to acquire, own and
dispose of all forms of immovable and movable property individually or in
association with others and to bequeath their property to their heirs or legatees:
provided that Parliament may by legislation prohibit or regulate as it deems
expedient the right to acquire property by persons who are not Namibian citizens.
(2)
The State or a competent body or organ authorised by law may expropriate
property in the public interest subject to the payment of just compensation, in
accordance with requirements and procedures to be determined by Act of
Parliament.
Article 17 Political Activity
(1)
All citizens shall have the right to participate in peaceful political activity intended
to influence the composition and policies of the Government. All citizens shall
have the right to form and join political parties and; subject to such qualifications
prescribed by law as are necessary in a democratic societyi to participate in the
conduct of public affairs, whether directly or through freely chosen
representatives.
(2)
Every citizen who has reached the age of eighteen (18) years shall have the right
to vote and who has reached the age of twenty-one (21) years to be elected to
public office, unless otherwise provided herein.
(3)
The rights guaranteed by Sub-Article (2) hereof may only be abrogated,
suspended or be impinged upon by Parliament in respect of specified categories
of persons on such grounds of infirmity or on such grounds of public interest or
morality as are necessary in a democratic society.
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