By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Any person committing any of the acts defined and penalized in articles three hundred and fifty-eight and three hundred and fifty-nine of the Penal Code in force shall be deemed guilty of infidelity in the custody of prisoners detained for or convicted of a crime or misdemeanor punished under the laws enacted by the Philippine Commission or by the Philippine Legislature, and upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed two thousand pesos, or by imprisonment not to exceed two years, or by both, in the discretion of the court. In either of these two cases, the defendant shall, moreover, be sentenced to disqualification from holding public office, for a term not to exceed ten years: Provided, however, That in case such prisoner is detained for or convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance, the penalty imposed upon the offender shall be a fine not to exceed two hundred pesos, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, and in any case he shall likewise be sentenced to disqualification to hold public office, for a period not to exceed two years.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, February 28, 1914.