Act No. 2399 Section 1

Section 1

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 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, nine-teen 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.

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