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Act No. 2399 Section 2

Act No. 2399 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Whoever shall take away any uncivilized person or member of any non-Christian tribe from his or her place of abode, or transport any such person within the Philippine Islands, or make any contract with any such person, or place any such person on board of any vessel, or attempt to do any of these things, or aid or abet the doing or attempting to do any of these things, in every instance for the purpose of exploiting or exhibiting such person as a spectacle either in the Philippine Islands or elsewhere, or making a profit from their exploitation or exhibition as such spectacle, shall be fined not more than ten thousand pesos and imprisoned for not more than five years.

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CitationAct No. 2399 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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