Act No. 2609.

: The main purpose of Act No. 2609 is to penalize the theft and destruction of coconuts and to establish the penalties to be imposed in each case.
: Under Act No. 2609, it is an offense to gather two or more coconuts that have fallen or been left on the ground, to take coconuts off the tree, to cut young nuts or trunks of coconut trees without the knowledge and consent of the owner, or to steal coconuts in any other manner.
: Yes, the act applies to coconuts that have fallen or been left on the ground.
: Yes, permission or the knowledge and consent of the owner is required before gathering coconuts or cutting parts of the coconut tree.
: Penalties imposed are pursuant to subsections one, two, three, and four, and the first paragraph of subsection five of article 518 of the Penal Code, as applicable to the case.
: Act No. 2609 took effect on its passage, February 4, 1916.
: Yes, the law penalizes cutting the trunks of coconut trees in order to appropriate their nuts without the owner's permission.
: The law specifies gathering two or more coconuts without consent; thus, it targets the theft of multiple coconuts rather than a single coconut.
: This act refers to Article 518 of the Penal Code for the applicable penalties.
: The law was enacted by the Philippine Legislature by authority of the United States.