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Act No. 2213 Section 3

Act No. 2213 Section 3

Section 3

SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act, the term "stowaway" shall include any person who has obtained transportation to the Philippine Islands, by deceit, concealment, evasion, or fraud, and without having paid or contracted to pay for such transportation, and who arrives in the Philippine Islands without apparent means of subsistence or who at the time of his arrival is likely to become a public charge, whether he be a citizen of the United States or any possession thereof, or an alien.

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CitationAct No. 2213 Section 3 (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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