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[ • ]Member's bill · 2009 · Introduction

Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill

20% chance of passing

Where it is in Parliament

Introduction
First Reading
Select Committee
Second Reading
Committee of Whole House
Third Reading
Royal Assent
Enacted
What the official record says
This Act is the Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal Assent. The purpose of this Act is to prohibit the importation of goods made in whole or in part by slave labour. This Act amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996. Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order: means labour by persons over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised. Schedule 1 of the principal Act is amended to add the following: Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by slave labour.
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