Constitution of the Republic of Namibia
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Article 15 Children’s Rights
(1) Children shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a
nationality and, subject to legislation enacted in the best interests of children,
as far as possible the right to know and be cared for by their parents.
(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 Sub-
Article 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.
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