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Act No. 2098 Section 2

Act No. 2098 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Any person who with intent to injure or defraud his landlord, enters into a contract in writing for the rent of land, under an agreement to cultivate such land, and thereby obtains money or other personal property from such landlord, and without just cause, and without refunding such money or paying for such personal property, refuses or fails to cultivate such land, or to comply with his contract relative thereto, shall on conviction be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or with both penalties.

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CitationAct No. 2098 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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