Sec. 4. In cases of seduction, admitted or inferred by the woman’s request to marry the man, both man and woman shall be fined. The man shall pay a fine of fifty pesos, twenty of which shall be paid to the treasury, and the woman shall pay a fine of ten pesos to the treasury.
Sec. 5. Cases of elopement are considered as seduction, though there be no actual sexual intercourse between the man and the woman, because elopement occurs by the mutual consent of both parties.
Sec. 6. (a) In case a woman was regularly engaged and has lost her virginity, her dower and her basingan (the bridal price expressed in ounces of gold, and paid to the parents of the bride) and all other gifts shall be returned to her husband. The expenses of the marriage, as of rice and meat, etc., shall not be paid back.
(b) But in case a woman who has lost her virginity is abducted or married by compulsion, the husband shall forfeit all claim to her dower or her basingan, etc.
Sec. 7. (a) If a male slave commits adultery with a married free woman, he becomes the slave of her husband.
(b) If a free man commits adultery with a married slave woman, he becomes the slave of her husband.
(c) If a male slave commits adultery with a married female slave, he becomes the property of her master.
(d) Cases of seduction or marriage between slaves, in which the woman is a maid, shall be treated the same as if they were free persons, except that the fines shall be half as much.
Article IV
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