BOOK II - CRIMES RELATIVE TO OPIUM AND OTHER PROHIBITED DRUGS
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS
PENALTY
Prision correccional, medium or fine ranging from
P1,000 to P6,000
In case of recidivism: Prision mayor, medium or fine
ranging from P5,000 to P10,000
Prision correccional maximum, fine of P6,000
Prison mayor, medium, with temporary absolute
disqualification or fine of P6,000
Prision correccional medium or fine P400 to P2,000
Temporary absolute disqualification
Prision correccional maximum or fine P500 to P2000
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PUNISHABLE ACTS
1. Any person who shall directly or indirectly takes part in any illegal or unauthorized activities or games of:
a. Cockfighting, jueteng, jai-alai or horse racing to include bookie operations and game fixing, numbers, bingo and
other forms of lotteries;
b. Cara y cruz, pompiang and the like;
c. 7-11 and any game using dice;
d. Black jack, lucky nine, poker and its derivatives, monte, baccarat, cuajo, pangguigue and other card games;
e. Pak que, high and low, mahjong, domino and other games using plastic tiles and the like;
f. Slot machines, roulette, pinball and other mechanical contraptions and devices;
g. Dog racing, boat racing, car racing and other forms of races;
h. Basketball, boxing, volleyball, bowling, pingpong and other forms of individual or team contests to include game
fixing, point shaving and other machinations; and
i. Banking or percentage game, or any other game or scheme, whether upon chance or skill, wherein wagers
consisting of money, articles of value or representative of value are at stake or made; and
2. Any person who knowingly permits any form of gambling in an inhabited or uninhabited place or in any building, vessel
or other means of transportation owned or controlled by him.
j.1. Any person who shall knowingly permit gambling in a place with reputation of a gambling place, or that prohibited
gambling is frequently carried on therein, or in a public or government building or barangay hall; and
k.2. Maintainer or conductor of above gambling schemes.
1. If maintainer, conductor, banker of gambling schemes; player, promoter, referee, umpire, judge or coach in case of game
fixing, point shaving and machination is a government official.
1. Any person who knowingly and without lawful purpose possess lottery list, paper or other matter containing letters,
figures, signs or symbols pertaining to or in any manner used in the games of jueteng, jai-alai or horse racing bookies, and
similar games of lotteries and numbers which have taken place or about to take place.
1. Barangay official who with knowledge of existence of gambling house/place in his jurisdiction fails to abate or take action.
1. Security officer, watchman, private or house detective of hotels, villages, buildings, enclosures and the like which have
reputation of gambling place or where gambling activities are being held.
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