Parents neglecting to give their children required education, based on station and finances, face arresto mayor.
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Causing a minor under sixteen to perform dangerous feats of balancing or strength incurs prision correccional.
Acrobats or circus managers employing unrelated children under sixteen in exhibitions are guilty of exploitation.
Delivering a child under sixteen to a beggar for compensation results in the maximum penalty for exploitation.
Parents convicted of child exploitation may be temporarily or perpetually deprived of their parental authority.
Penalties for abandonment/exploitation do not prevent punishment for any other separate felonies defined in the Code.
Private person entering another’s dwelling against their will is punished by arresto mayor and a fine.
Trespass committed with violence or intimidation is punished by prision correccional medium/maximum and a fine.
Entry to prevent serious harm or render service, or into open public houses, is exempt from trespass liability.
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Entering uninhabited, closed or fenced premises without permission, where prohibition is manifest, is penalized.
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