SEC 18 : INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AND POLITICAL PRISONERS

 INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
Condition where one is compelled by force, coercion, or imprisonment, and against his will, to labor for another, whether
he is paid or not.

GR: No involuntary servitude shall exist. (1993 Bar)

XPNs: (P-S-E-C-O-M)
1. Punishment for a crime for which the party has been duly convicted
2. Personal military or civil service in the interest of national defense
3. In naval enlistment, a person who enlists in a merchant ship may be compelled to remain in service until the end of a
voyage
4. Posse comitatusor (force of the county) the conscription of able-bodied men for the apprehension of criminals
5. Non-detention by reason of political beliefs or aspirations
6. Minors under patria potestas (power of the father) are obliged to obey their parents

 POLITICAL PRISONER
 “No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs or aspirations”
 Non-detention by reason of political beliefs or aspirations