Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 342

Forcible abduction.

Article 342

ART. 342. Forcible abduction.—The abduction of any woman against her will and with lewd designs shall be punished by reclusion temporal. The same penalty shall be imposed in every case, if the female abducted be under twelve years of age.

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Article 343: Consented abduction.

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