Act No. 2716 — An Act Amending Article Four Hundred and Thirty-Seven of the Penal Code.
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Section 1. Article four hundred and thirty-seven of the Penal Code is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of the law establishing divorce, the husband who, not being included in the preceding cases, cohabits with a woman who is not his wife, shall be considered guilty of concubinage and shall be punished with the penalty prescribed in this section for the crime of concubinage."
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, March 17, 1917.
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