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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 274

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 274

Services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts.

Article 274

ART. 274. Services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts.—The penalty of arresto mayor; in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any person who, in order to require or enforce the payment of a debt, shall compel the debtor to work for him, against his will, as household servant or farm laborer.

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