By
authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Whoever, except in pursuance of the
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or other lawful
authority, shall hold any person in slavery or involuntary servitude,
or deliver any person to another person to be held in slavery or
involuntary servitude, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by
imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than twenty years and
by a fine of not less than five hundred pesos and not more than five
thousand pesos, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall compel another person,
against his will, to render labor or services in payment of a debt, or
whoever shall accept labor or services for such purpose performed under
such compulsion, with knowledge of that fact, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months nor
more than five years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos
nor more than one thousand pesos, or by both such imprisonment and fine
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Whoever shall sell or barter or cause to
be sold or bartered, and whoever shall buy or barter or cause to be
bought or bartered, any human being, shall upon conviction thereof, be
punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than
twenty years or by a fine of not less than five hundred pesos and not
more than ten thousand pesos, or both in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. Upon the trial of any person for violation
of any of the provisions of this Act, lack of consent of a person under
eighteen years of age shall be conclusively presumed.
Sec. 5. One-half of any fine collected under the
provisions of this Act shall be paid to the injured person and such
payment shall not operate to extinguish in whole or in part any civil
action which such injured person may have for damages.
Sec. 6. This Act shall apply to the Mountain
Province and the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Agusan.
ENACTED, August 7,
1911.
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