What crime is committed if a private individual commits illegal detention without any of the qualifying circumstances of Article 267?
Committing illegal detention without serious qualifying circumstances results in reclusion temporal.
What is the penalty for a person who furnishes the place for the perpetration of the crime of slight illegal detention?
Anyone furnishing the place for slight illegal detention incurs the same penalty of reclusion temporal.
How is the penalty for Slight illegal detention affected if the offender voluntarily releases the victim early?
Voluntarily releasing a victim within three days, before charges, mitigates penalty to prision mayor minimum/medium.
What is the offense of Unlawful arrest, and what is its prescribed penalty?
Arresting or detaining someone without legal authority to deliver them to police constitutes unlawful arrest.
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What crime is committed by a person entrusted with a minor’s custody who deliberately fails to return the child to their parents?
Failure to return a minor by the person entrusted with custody incurs reclusion perpetua.
What crime and penalty applies to anyone who induces a minor to abandon the home of their parent or guardian?
Inducing a minor to abandon their home is punished by prision correccional and a fine up to P100,000.
How is the penalty mitigated if the person inducing the minor to abandon home is the minor’s father or mother?
If the offender inducing a minor to abandon home is the parent, the penalty is mitigated to arresto mayor or a fine.
What actions constitute the crime of Slavery, and what is the penalty?
Purchasing, selling, kidnapping, or detaining someone for enslavement is punished by prision mayor and a fine.
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How is the penalty for Slavery modified if the crime is committed for the purpose of assigning the victim to some immoral traffic?
If slavery is committed to assign the victim to immoral traffic, the penalty of prision mayor is imposed in its maximum period.
What actions constitute the crime of Exploitation of child labor, and what is the prescribed penalty?
Exploiting child labor by retaining a minor against their will for debt reimbursement is penalized by prision correccional.
