Penalizing Unlawful Maintenance of Cockfighting and Cockpits, Attendance Upon the Same, and Gambling in a Cockpit
Act No. 480, enacted on October 15, 1902, establishes penalties for unlawful cockfighting and related activities in the Philippines. It prohibits maintaining a cockpit, participating in cockfighting, or attending such events on days not lawfully licensed by local authorities, with penalties including fines up to $200 or imprisonment for up to six months. Additionally, it addresses gambling in cockpits, imposing similar penalties regardless of the cockpit's licensing status. The Act was expedited for passage due to its importance for public welfare and took effect immediately upon enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 480
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 15, 1902
ACT NO. 480
AN ACT TO PUNISH UNLAWFUL MAINTENANCE OF COCKFIGHTING AND COCKPITS, ATTENDANCE UPON THE SAME, AND GAMBLING IN A COCKPIT
SECTION 1. Any person who shall maintain a cockpit for the fighting of cocks, or who shall engage in cockfighting in a cockpit, or who shall attend as a spectator of cockfighting in a cockpit, on any day when cockfighting is not lawfully licensed to take place by the municipality in which the cockpit is situated, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, in money of the United States, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
SECTION 2. Any person who shall maintain or take part in a game of chance in a cockpit, whether the cockpit be lawfully licensed or not, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, in money of the United States, or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 15, 1902.
Cite This Law
Penalizing Unlawful Maintenance of Cockfighting and Cockpits, Attendance Upon the Same, and Gambling in a Cockpit, Act No. 480, Oct 15, 1902 (Philippines)
Penalizing Unlawful Maintenance of Cockfighting and Cockpits, Attendance Upon the Same, and Gambling in a Cockpit, Act No. 480 (Phil. 1902)
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