Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
1205
HOUSE BILL NO,

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PEDRO P. ROMUALDO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Illegal gambling is one of the vices and ills of any society. It is one of the causes of
the disintegration of the family and leads to the destruction of oneself.

‘The precursors of this vice have been very creative in designing, introducing, and
luring people’ to engage in these illegal activities especially with the available
high-end technology which is used as a means to achieve their dirty tricks and
illegal tactics.

‘This measure proposes to increase and upgrade the level of penalty and
punishment to be given to the violators of our existing gambling laws to deter and
eradicate this menace in our human existence.

May this proposal encourage our police and intelligence enforcers, prosecutorial
arm and society in general to support our anti-illegal gambling policies of our
government.

Early approval of this measure is hereby sought.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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House BiLNo. £295

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PEDRO P. ROMUALDO

AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1602, ENTITLED
“PRESCRIBING STIFFER PENALTIES ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING”

Be it enacted in the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1602, entitled “Prescribing Stiffer
Penalties on Illegal Gambling” is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 1. Penalties. — The following penalties are hereby imposed:

*(1) The penalty of prision correccional in its [medium] MAXIMUM period or a fine
ranging from FIFTY THOUSAND (P\ 50,000.00) TO ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND (P\ 100,000.00) PESOS OR BOTH, IMPRISONMENT AND FINE,
and in cases of recidivism, the penalty of prision mayor in its [medium] MAXIMUM
period or a fine ranging from [five thousand to ten thousand) ONE HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND (P\ 150,000.00) PESOS.
OR BOTH, IMPRISONMENT AND FINE SHALL BE IMPOSED:

(1) XXX

(2) Any person who shall knowingly permit any form of gambling referred to in
the preceding sub-paragraph to be carried on in an inhabited or uninhabited
place or in any building, vessel or other means of transportation owned or
controlled by him. If the place where gambling is carried on has a reputation
of a gambling place or that prohibited gambling is frequently carried on
therein, or the place is or government building or barangay hall, the
malefactor shall be punished by prision (correccional) MAYOR in its
{maximum] MINIMUM period and a fine of [six thousand] ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P\ 150,000.00).

(a) XXX

(b) The penalty of prision (correccional in its maximum) MAYOR IN ITS
MEDIUM period or fine of (six thousand} TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P\ 200,000.00) OR BOTH,
IMPRISONMENT AND FINE shall be imposed upon the
maintainer or conductor of the above gambling schemes.

(©) The penalty of prision mayor in its (medium) MAXIMUM period with
(temporary) PERPETUAL absolute disqualification or a fine of (six
thousand) TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P\
200,000.00) OR BOTH, IMPRISONMENT AND FINE shall be
imposed if the maintainer, conductor or banker of said gambling
schemes is a government official, or where such government official is
a player, promoter, referee, umpire, judge or coach in case of game-
fixing, point-shaving and machination.

(d)The penalty of prision correccional in its (medium) MAXIMUM
period or a fine ranging from (four hundred to two thousand)
TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P\ 20,000.00) TO FIFTY



THOUSAND PESOS (P\__50,000.00) OR BOTH,
IMPRISONMENT AND FINE shall be imposed upon any person
who shall, knowingly and without lawful purpose in any hour or any
day, possess any lottery list, paper pertaining to or in any manner used
in the games of jueteng, jai alai or horse racing, bookings, and similar
games of lotteries and numbers which have taken place or about to take
place.

(e) The penalty of [temporary] PERMANENT absolute disqualification
shall be imposed upon any barangay official who with knowledge of
existence of a gambling house or place in his jurisdiction fails to abate
the same or take action in connection herewith.

(f) The penalty of prision [correccional] MAYOR in its [maximum]
MINIMUM period or a fine ranging from [five hundred pesos to two
thousand pesos] TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P\ 20,000.00) TO
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS ({P\ 50,000.00} OR BOTH,
IMPRISONMENT OR FINE shall be imposed upon any security,
security guard, watchman, private or house detective of hotels, villages,
buildings, enclosures, and the like which have the reputation of a
gambling place or where gambling activities are being held.”

SEC. 2. All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, rules and regulations or
parts thereof which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Act shalll take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least
two (2) newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,