Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes
Act No. 2399, enacted on March 27, 1914, extends previous legislation prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude to territories inhabited by Moros and other non-Christian tribes in the Philippines. It specifically penalizes the removal or transportation of any uncivilized person for exploitation or exhibition purposes, imposing fines up to ten thousand pesos and imprisonment for up to five years for such offenses. The Act repeals any inconsistent laws and takes effect immediately upon passage. This legislation aims to protect the rights and dignity of non-Christian tribes against exploitation.
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- What is Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes about?
- Act No. 2399, enacted on March 27, 1914, extends previous legislation prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude to territories inhabited by Moros and other non-Christian tribes in the Philippines. It specifically penalizes the removal or transportation of any uncivilized person for exploitation or exhibition purposes, imposing fines up to ten thousand pesos and imprisonment for up to five years for such offenses. The Act repeals any inconsistent laws and takes effect immediately upon passage. This legislation aims to protect the rights and dignity of non-Christian tribes against exploitation.
- What type of law is Act No. 2399?
- Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes (Act No. 2399) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes enacted?
- Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes (Act No. 2399) was enacted on Mar 27, 1914.
- What is the citation for Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes?
- Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes, Act No. 2399, Mar 27, 1914 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 2399
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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March 27, 1914
ACT NO. 2399
AN ACT EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED TO THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND PENALIZING THE TAKING AWAY OF ANY UNCIVILIZED PERSON OR MEMBER OF ANY NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLOITING OR EXHIBITING SUCH PERSON AS A SPECTACLE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred of the Philippine Legislature, enacted on November twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act confirming existing legislation prohibiting slavery, involuntary servitude, and peonage in the Philippine Islands, subject to the modifications as provided in sections two hundred and sixty-eight, two hundred and sixty-nine, two hundred and seventy, and two hundred and seventy-one of the Act of the Congress of the United States, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled 'An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,' and adopting measures for preventing violations of said laws," is hereby extended to and made applicable in the territory inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes. HSAcaE
SECTION 2. Whoever shall take away any uncivilized person or member of any non-Christian tribe from his or her place of abode; or transport any such person within the Philippine Islands, or make any contract with any such persons, or place any such person on board of any vessel, or attempt to do any of these things, or aid or abet the doing or attempting to do any of these things, in every instance for the purpose of exploiting or exhibiting such person as a spectacle either in the Philippine Islands or elsewhere, or making a profit from their exploitation or exhibition as such spectacle, shall be fined not more than ten thousand pesos and imprisoned for not more than five years.
SECTION 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, March 27, 1914.
Cite This Law
Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes, Act No. 2399, Mar 27, 1914 (Philippines)
Extending the Provisions of Act No. 2300 to the Territory Inhabited by Moros or Other Non-Christian Tribes, Act No. 2399 (Phil. 1914)
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