Article 141Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 141

Conspiracy to commit sedition.-Persons conspiring to commit the crime of sedition shall be punished by prision correctional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding 2,000 pesos.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

EXISTING PERMITS AND/OR LICENSES TO OPERATE

THE SAME

WHEREAS, there has been widespread use of pinball

machines in amusement places all over the country;

WHEREAS, the proliferation of these gambling devices

adversely effects the moral regeneration program of the

Government under the New Society, especially the youth;

WHEREAS, it has come to my attention that there has

been indiscriminate issuance of permits and/or licenses

to operate pinball and slot machines and other similar

devices to the detriment of the public interest.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by

the Constitution do hereby decree and order:

Section 1. Any provision of existing law to the contrary

notwithstanding,

the

operation,

possession,

use

and

importation of pinball and slot machines and other

similar devices or paraphernalia used for their operation is

hereby declared unlawful and any person guilty of the

violation of this Decree shall suffer a fine of not less than

five thousand pesos or an imprisonment ranging from

prision correccional to prision mayor or both such fine

and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court or

military

tribunal: Provided, That if the offender is a

corporation firm, partnership, or association, the penalty

shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers, as the

case may be, and if such guilty officer or officers are

aliens, in addition to the penalty prescribed, he or they

shall be deported without further proceedings on the

part of the Commission on Immigration and Deportation.

Section 2. All existing licenses and/or permits for the

operation or use of pinball machines are hereby nullified

and all operators or possessors of pinball machines are

hereby given a period of fifteen days within which to

dismantle or destroy such pinball or slot machines in

their possessions or surrender them to the Philippine

Constabulary.

Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of July, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

PD No 1563 | Mendicancy Law of 1978

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1563

ESTABLISHING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE

CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF MENDICANCY,

PROVIDING PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS

THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, the promotion of social justice and protection

of life, property and dignity of the citizenry in endangered

by rampant mendicancy;

WHEREAS,

mendicancy

breeds

crime, creates traffic

hazards, endangers health, and exposes mendicants to

indignities and degradation; and

WHEREAS,

there

is

an

immediate

need

to provide

appropriate services to enable mendicants to meet their

basic needs and develop self-reliance;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:

Section 1. Title And Scope Of The Decree. This Decree

shall be known as the Mendicancy Law of 1978. It shall

apply to all mendicants, and exploited infants or children

who are 8 years old and below, minors found begging

and covered by Presidential Decree No. 603 and parents

of exploited infants and children criminally liable under

Article 59 and 60 of Presidential Decree No. 603.

Section 2. Purpose. This Decree shall be interpreted so as

to, among others:

a. Prevent the commission of mendicancy;

b.

Prevent

the

exploitation

of

infants

and

children

through mendicancy and provide habilitative services for

those

already

exploited

or

in

immediate danger of

exploitation; and

c. Promote the rehabilitation of minors found begging

and

mendicants

by

providing

an

integrated

developmental

package

of

preventive,

habilitative

interceptive, remedial, and/or rehabilitative services.

Section 3. Definition Of Terms. As used in this Decree, the

following shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be

construed thus:

a.

"Mendicant"

refers

to

any

person,

except

those

enumerated in Section 4 of this Decree, who has no

visible and legal means of support, or lawful employment

and who is physically able to work but neglects to apply

himself to some lawful calling and instead uses begging

as a means of living.

b. "Exploited Infant" or "Child" refers to an infant or child 8

years and below who is used in begging or one who

accompanies a habitual vagrant or beggar.

c "Habitual Mendicant" refers to one who has been

convicted of mendicancy under this Decree two or more

times.

d. "Duly Licensed Child Placement Agency" or "Individual"

is an institution or person licensed by the Department of

Social Services and Development to assume the care,

custody, protection and maintenance of children for

placement in any child-caring institution or home under

the care and custody of any person for purposes of

adoption, guardianship or foster care.

e. Integrated Developmental Package of Services include

the following:

1.

Preventive

services to measures that forestall the

occurrence of situations identified as contributory to

mendicancy;

2. Habilitative services refer to measures which provide

environmental

or

socio-economic

conditions

for

the

exploited infant or child which maximize possibilities and

opportunities for the enjoyment of satisfactory quality of

life before the formation of undesirable attitudes and

values or the onset of conditions most conducive to

mendicancy;

3. Interceptive services are measures which channel or

direct the growth potential and productive energy of the

mendicant infant, child, youth or adult to offset the effect

of factors contributing to mendicancy;

4. Remedial services refer to measures intended to meet

the basic needs and improve living condition of the

mendicant; and

5.

Rehabilitative

services

refer

to

medical,

social,

educational, psychological and vocational measures to

develop and/or restore the mendicant to the fullest state

of well-being or economic usefulness of which he is

capable, and to engage in a gainful occupation.

Section 4. Apprehension Of And Services For Persons

Found Begging. Any infants or child 8 years old and

below who is found begging or is being utilized by a

mendicant

for

purposes

of

begging

shall

be

apprehended as a neglected child under Article 141 of PD

603 and shall be committed to the custody and care of

the Department of Social Services and Development or to

any duly licensed child placement agency or individual.

Any minor over 9 years of age under 15 found begging or

is being utilized for purposes of begging and who acted

without

discernment

shall

be

apprehended

as

a

neglected child under Article 141 of Presidential Decree

No. 603 and shall be committed to the custody and care

of the Department of Social Services and Development or

to any duly licensed placement agency or individual.

Any minor over 9 years of age and under 15 who is found

begging or is being utilized for the purpose of begging

and who acted with discernment shall be proceeded

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