Prohibition Against Forcing, Compelling or Obliging a Laborer or Other Employee to Purchase Merchandise Under Certain Conditions
Act No. 2193, enacted on October 24, 1912, prohibits the coercion of laborers or employees in territories inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes to purchase goods or services from their employers or associated entities. This law applies to individuals, firms, and corporations conducting business in these areas. Violators, including those who knowingly consent to or direct such coercion, face penalties of fines ranging from twenty-five to two hundred pesos, imprisonment for five days to six months, or both. The Act took effect sixty days post-enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2193
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 24, 1912
ACT NO. 2193
AN ACT PROHIBITING, IN THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES THE FORCING, COMPELLING, OR OBLIGING OF ANY LABORER OR OTHER EMPLOYEE TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISE, COMMODITIES, OR PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
SECTION 1. No person, firm, or corporation engaged in any business or enterprise within the territory inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes shall, in any manner force, compel, or oblige any laborer or other employee employed by him to purchase merchandise, commodities, or personal property of any kind or nature from such person, firm, or corporation, or from any other person, firm, or corporation.
SECTION 2. Every person violating the provisions of this Act and every member of a firm, and every director or officer of a corporation, who knowingly consents to any violation of this Act or directs the same, shall, for each offense, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred pesos or by imprisonment for a period of not less than five days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect sixty days after its passage.
ENACTED, October 24, 1912.
Cite This Law
Prohibition Against Forcing, Compelling or Obliging a Laborer or Other Employee to Purchase Merchandise Under Certain Conditions, Act No. 2193, Oct 24, 1912 (Philippines)
Prohibition Against Forcing, Compelling or Obliging a Laborer or Other Employee to Purchase Merchandise Under Certain Conditions, Act No. 2193 (Phil. 1912)
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