Studies in Moro History, Law, and ReligionSaleeby, Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry)
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Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion
Saleeby, Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry)
Law -- Philippines; Mindanao Island (Philippines) -- History; Muslims -- Philippines
Sec. 2. (a) If a free person is abducted, the fine shall be divided
equally between his agnate and cognate heirs and the treasury.
(b) The abducted person should be returned. No one except the child
or wife of the abductor, in case the abductor is a free man, can be
substituted for the abducted person.
(c) If a free person is abducted by a slave, the master of the slave
will be held responsible. If the abducted person is not returned,
the abducting party, whether one person or many, will be taken instead.
(d) Small thefts below the value of one peso shall not be punishable
by fines. The stolen object shall be returned twofold and the thief
shall suffer fifty lashes.
Article II
Section 1. Murder is of four kinds--the first is intentional; the
second, semiintentional; the third is accidental; the fourth, murder
committed by a crowd.
Sec. 2. The fine for intentional murder shall be one hundred and five
pesos; seventy for the agnate and cognate heirs of the murdered person
and thirty-five for the treasury.
Sec. 3. An attempt to kill that does not result in death shall be
punished by a fine of fifty-two pesos and a half; thirty-four pesos
and a half shall be paid to the near relatives of the attacked or
injured person and eighteen pesos shall be paid to the treasury.
Sec. 4. All cases of semiintentional and of accidental murder and
cases of murder committed by a crowd shall be treated alike and fined
equally. The fine shall be fifty-two pesos and a half; thirty-four
pesos and a half shall be paid to the heirs of the murdered person
and eighteen pesos to the treasury.
Sec. 5. If more than one person is killed, one hundred and five pesos
shall be paid for each person killed as his blood money.
Article III
IMMORAL CONDUCT
Section 1. If a married woman commits adultery, she shall become
the slave of her husband, and the guilty man shall pay a fine of one
hundred pesos to the treasury, and in case he can not pay that sum
he shall become a slave himself.
Sec. 2. If a married woman is simply guilty of immoral conduct, such as
a kiss or an embrace with another man, and quickly reports the facts
to her husband or his immediate relatives, her conduct will then be
regarded as compulsory and she will not be liable to any punishment;
but the man shall be liable to a fine of one hundred pesos, half of
which shall be paid to the husband of the woman and the other half
to the treasury.
Sec. 3. The abduction of a woman and cases of compulsory marriage
shall be treated alike. The guilty man shall pay a fine of fifty pesos,
out of which the treasury shall receive twenty pesos.
The woman's dower under such circumstances will be like that of her
mother, and nothing else of the usual formalities shall be given to
her people.
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