Article 53.1. Forced labour

1. Forced labour consists of the maintenance of a convicted person in the penal correction system and his or her employment in places determined by the penal correction system. 2. Forced labour shall be for a period of two months to five years for the commission of a crime of minor gravity or for the first time, except in cases where: 3. The wages of the convicted person for forced labour shall be kept in the home. In the case of a State which is transferred to the relevant territorial authority of the penal correction system, the amount of the sentence imposed by the court shall be between 5 and 20 per cent. 4. In the event of a convicted person ' s failure to perform forced labour or of a convicted person ' s admission to forced labour as a malicious offender of the order and conditions of service of forced labour, unexploited cha 5. Forced labour shall not be imposed on minors or persons recognized as having a disability. First or second group, pregnant women, women with children under three years of age, men with children under three years of age and single parent, persons who have reached of age entitled to an old-age insurance pension in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, and declared totally incapable of working in accordance with Medical reports issued in accordance with the procedure established by federal laws and other legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as military personnel.