Article 142Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 142

Inciting to sedition.-The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding 2,000 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, without taking any direct part in the crime of sedition, should incite others to the accomplishment of any of the acts which constitute sedition, by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, cartoons, banners, or other representations tending to the same end.

CHAPTER TWO

CRIMES AGAINST POPULAR REPRESENTATION

SECTION ONE.-Crimes against legislative bodies and similar bodies

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

against in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3,

Title VIII of Presidential Decree No. 603.

Any person not otherwise covered in the preceding

paragraph of this Section who is found begging and who

is physically or mentally incapable of gainful occupation

shall be provided the integrated package of services by

the Department of Social Services and Development, the

Welfare units of local governments and other cooperating

agencies.

Section 5. Criminal Liability. A mendicant as defined in

Paragraph (a) Section 3 hereof, shall, upon conviction, be

punished

by

a

fine

not

exceeding

P500.00

or

by

imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years or both

at the discretion of the court.

A habitual mendicant shall be punished by a fine not

exceeding P1,000.00 or by imprisonment for a period not

exceeding 4 years or both at the discretion of the court.

Parents of exploited infants or minors under Section 4 of

this Decree shall be proceeded against in accordance

with Articles 59 and 60 of Presidential Decree No. 603,

unless they are themselves mendicants.

Any

person

who

abets

mendicancy by giving alms

directly to mendicants, exploited infants and minors on

public

roads,

sidewalks,

parks

and

bridges shall be

punished by a fine not exceeding P20.00.

Section 6. Information Program. The Department of

Public

Information

shall

conduct

a

nationwide

educational and information program on the Mendicancy

Law and educate the public to contribute only to lawful

fund raising projects and prevent the community in

giving alms except through organized agencies, subject

to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the

Department of Public Information may promulgate.

Section

7.

Local

Programs

And

Facilities.

Local

governments shall provide socio-economic programs and

establish operating units including reception and action

centers,

sheltered

workshops,

constitute

homes

and

other facilities for mendicants, subject to such rules and

regulations as the Secretary of the Department of Local

Government

and

Community

Development

may

promulgate.

Section 8. Health Needs. The Department of Health shall

provide the necessary measures in meeting the health

needs

of

mendicants,

subject

to

such

rules

and

regulations as the Secretary of the Department of Health

may promulgate.

Section 9. Law Enforcement. The Department of National

Defense shall provide the necessary law enforcement and

other related services for the implementation of this

Decree, subject to such rules and regulations as the

Secretary of the Department of National Defense may

promulgate.

Section

10.

Integrated

Network

Of

Services.

The

Department of Social Services and Development shall

provide an integrated network of appropriate services to

exploited infants and children 8 years old and below as

well as mendicant minors and adult mendicants and

shall

coordinate

the

services

related

to

the

implementation of this Decree, subject to such rules and

regulations as the Secretary of the Department of Social

Services and Development may promulgate.

Section 11. Appropriations. The sum of two million pesos

(P2,000,000) is hereby authorized to be appropriated out

of any funds in the National Treasury that are not

otherwise appropriated, in order to support the activities

under this Decree.

Section 12. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders,

rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this

Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 13. Separability Of Provisions. If for any reason

any

section

of

provision

of

this Decree is declared

unconstitutional

or

invalid,

the

other

sections

or

provisions thereof which are not affected thereby shall

continue in full force and effect.

Section

14.

Effectivity.

This Decree shall take effect

immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the

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

PD No 1602 | Stiffer Penalties on Illegal

Gambling

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1602

PRESCRIBING STIFFER PENALTIES ON ILLEGAL

GAMBLING

WHEREAS, Philippine Gambling Laws such as Articles

195-199 of the Revised Penal Code (Forms of Gambling

and Betting), R.A. 3063 (Horse racing Bookies), P.D. 449

(Cockfighting), P.D. 483 (Game Fixing), P.D. 510 (Slot

Machines) in relation to Opinion Nos. 33 and 97 of the

Ministry of Justice, P.D. 1306 (Jai-Alai Bookies) and other

City and Municipal Ordinances or gambling all over the

country prescribe penalties which are inadequate to

discourage or stamp out this pernicious activities;

WHEREAS, there is now a need to increase their penalties

to make them more effective in combating this social

menace which dissipate the energy and resources of our

people;

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

of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and

decree:

Section 1. Penalties. The following penalties are hereby

imposed:

(a) The penalty of prision correccional in its medium

period of a fine ranging from one thousand to six

thousand pesos, and in case of recidivism, the penalty of

prision mayor in its medium period or a fine ranging from

five thousand to ten thousand pesos shall be imposed

upon:

1.

Any

person

other

than

those

referred

to

in the

succeeding

sub-sections

who

in

any

manner,

shall

directly

or

indirectly

take

part

in

any

illegal

or

unauthorized activities or games of cockfighting, jueteng,

jai alai or horse racing to include bookie operations and

game fixing, numbers, bingo and other forms of lotteries;

cara y cruz, pompiang and the like; 7-11 and any game

using

dice;

black

jack,

lucky

nine,

poker

and

its

derivatives, monte, baccarat, cuajao, pangguingue and

other card games; paik que, high and low, mahjong,

domino and other games using plastic tiles and the likes;

slot machines, roulette, pinball and other mechanical

contraptions and devices; dog racing, boat racing, car

racing

and other forms of races, basketball, boxing,

volleyball,

bowling,

pingpong

and

other

forms

of

individual or team contests to include game fixing, point

shaving and other machinations; banking or percentage

game, or any other game scheme, whether upon chance

or skill, wherein wagers consisting of money, articles of

value or representative of value are at stake or made;

2. Any person who shall knowingly permit any form of

gambling referred to in the preceding subparagraph to

be carried on in 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 a public or government building or barangay

hall,

the

malefactor

shall

be

punished

by

prision

correccional in its maximum period and a fine of six

thousand pesos.

(b) The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum

period or a fine of six thousand pesos shall be imposed

upon the maintainer or conductor of the above gambling

schemes.

(c) The penalty of prision mayor in its medium period with

temporary

absolute

disqualification

or

a

fine of six

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