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The Committee notes that no report has been received from the Government. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request.

1. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply, with its next report, copies of the following legislation: the latest updated and consolidated text of the Penal Code and Prison Regulations (as well as any other provisions governing prison labour); the laws governing the press and other media; the latest updated text of the Preservation of Public Security Act and Regulations as well as any other provisions governing public assemblies, meetings and gatherings); Regulations governing the terms and conditions of service of public officers, including disciplinary provisions applicable to public officers, as referred to in section 30 of the Public Service Act, 1994.

2. The Committee has noted the comments on the application of the forced labour Conventions by Malawi submitted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in a communication dated 6 February 2002. The Committee is referring to these comments in its request addressed directly to the Government under Convention No. 29.