Text of the provision
Art. 272. Slavery.-The penalty of prision mayor and a fine of not exceeding 10,000 pesos shall be imposed upon anyone who shall purchase, sell, kidnap or detain a human being for the purpose of enslaving him. If the crime be committed for the purpose of assigning the offended party to some immoral traffic, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
Prision mayor and a fine of not exceeding 10,000 pesos are imposed on anyone who buys, sells, kidnaps or detains a human being for the purpose of enslaving him. The penalty is imposed in its maximum period if the purpose is to assign the victim to some immoral traffic.
Related provisions
- Article 271 — Inducing A Minor To Leave Home.
- Article 273 — Exploitation Of Child Labor.
On this text. This article is reproduced as the Revised Penal Code enacted it, verified word-for-word against two independent sources. Republic Act No. 10951 (2017) revised the penalty amounts in many other articles of this Code; where an amount appears below it is the figure this article itself carries.
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