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Article 1, paragraph 1, and Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee previously commented on certain provisions of the Penal Code relating to forced or compulsory labour in the event of vagrancy (sections 305 and 306). It notes with satisfaction that Act No. 19.567 of 22 June 1998 repeals paragraph 13 on vagrancy and mendacity, of Title VI, Book II, of the Penal Code, as well as sections 305 to 312 of the same Title.