Editing Involuntary servitude (section)

==Jurisdictions==
===Malaysia===
The [[Constitution of Malaysia]], Part II, article 6, states:<ref>[[s:Constitution of Malaysia#Article 6: Slavery and forced labour prohibited|"Constitution of Malaysia, as at 1 November 2010", Part II, Article 6]], via WikiSource, retrieved 2021-02-12</ref>
# No person shall be held in slavery.
#All forms of forced labour are prohibited, but Parliament may by law provide for [[Civil conscription|compulsory service]] for national purposes.
#Work incidental to the serving of a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court of law shall not be taken to be forced labour within the meaning of this Article.
#Where by any written law the whole or any part of the functions of any public authority is to be carried on by another public authority, for the purpose of enabling those functions to be performed the employees of the first mentioned public authority shall be bound to serve the second mentioned public authority shall not be taken to be forced labour within the meaning of this Article, and no such employee shall be entitled to demand any right from either the first mentioned or the second mentioned public authority by reason of the transfer of his employment.

===Philippines===
The [[Constitution of the Philippines]], article III, section 18, states that "No involuntary servitude in any form shall exist except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."<ref>[[s:Constitution of the Philippines (1987)#Article III: Bill of Rights|"The Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (1987)", Article III, Section 18]]</ref>

===United States===
{{commons|File:Circular No. 3591.pdf|U.S. Department of Justice Circular No. 3591 Re: Involuntary Servitude, Slavery, and Peonage}}
The [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] makes involuntary servitude illegal under any U.S. jurisdiction whether at the hands of the government or in the private sphere, except [[Penal labor in the United States|as punishment for a crime]]: <blockquote>Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.</blockquote>

The Supreme Court has held, in ''Butler v. Perry'' (1916), that the Thirteenth Amendment does not prohibit "enforcement of those duties which individuals owe to the state, such as services in the army, militia, on the jury, etc."<ref>{{ussc|name=Butler v. Perry|volume=240|page=328|pin=|year=1916}}</ref>  Onerous long term alimony and spousal support orders, premised on a proprietary interest retained by former marital partners in one another's persons, have also been allowed in many states, though they may in practice embody features of involuntary servitude.<ref>{{Citation
 |last        = Sciarrino
 |first       = Alfred J.
 |title       = Alimony: Peonage or Involuntary Servitude
 |publisher   = American Journal of Trial Advocates 67
 |year        = 2003
 |url         = http://www.massalimonyreform.org/PDFs/alimony-servitude-peonage.pdf
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100107054234/http://www.massalimonyreform.org/PDFs/alimony-servitude-peonage.pdf
 |archive-date = 2010-01-07
}}</ref>