PRE FINAL TOPICS

VICE CONTROL LAWS – Regulate vice-related activities

- RA No. 6956
- RA No. 9211
- PD No. 1602
- RA no. 3063
- PD No. 449
- PD No. 483
- PD No. 1306

Republic Act No. 9211 – also known as “TOBACCO LAW”

- RA NO. 9211 is an act that regulates the packaging, use, sale, distribution
and advertisements of tobacco products.
- Especially, in the Philippines where cigarettes are ubiquitous (found
everywhere) sold, this law is an important one as it curbs the illegal sale and
use of cigarettes among minors.

RA No. 6956

- is an act modifying the exercise taxes on alcoholic drinks & cigarettes.

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1990/06/18/republic-act-no-6956/

Presidential Decree No. 1602

- also known as the Philippine Gambling Law.

- amends all the provisions about gambling found to be confusing, inappropriate, and ineffective from
the national to the municipal level.

This particularly summarizes the contents of Articles 195 – 199 of Revised Penal Code

Article 195. What acts are punishable in gambling.

Article 196. Importation, sale and possession of lottery tickets or advertisements.

Article 197. Betting (PUSTAHAN) in sports contests.

Article 198. Illegal betting on horse race.

Article 199. Illegal cockfighting.

Republic Act No. 3063

- The purpose of Republic Act No. 3063 is to authorize licensed race-tracks and racing clubs, as well as
their authorized agents, to offer, take, or arrange bets outside the place, enclosure, or track where the
races are held.

- This law aims to regulate and control betting activities related to horse racing in the Rizal Province

( CALABARZON ) and chartered cities in the Philippines.

Presidential Decree No. 449

- Cockfighting Law of 1974

- elaborates the elements involved in the legalized betting related to DERBY & COCKFIGHTING
throughout the country.

Derby - It is a form of cockfighting wherein roosters are matched according to their submitted weights
and there is a prize money for the highest number of wins.

The derby, once referred to as the "pintakasi," is the cockfighting event for the serious aficionado and
deep-pockets.
C O C K F I G H TI N G

It is the brutal and bloody "sport" of two gamecocks pitted against each other, predicated on
one killing the other. Literally, a fight to the finish.

To the unaccustomed, a gruesome and disgusting sight. But to the passionately addicted,
testosterone-fueled and adrenaline-raging sabong aficionados, it is a fierce, bloody, and slashingly
entertaining fight-to-the-death that repeats itself 20 to 30 times in a single day of cockfighting.

In the cockpit (ruweda), the owners and cocks are assigned sides:

MERON – for the one with the larger pot-money bet or favored game cock, the sign lit-up
denoting llamado or favored status, and

WALA, under an unlit sign, signifying dejado or long shot. The cocks are allowed a short time
and distance to walk, for the betting spectators to observe stance, strut and gameness. Then the
"casador" announces the opposing bets and when needed solicits amounts from the ringside bettors to
equalize the bets. Then he shouts: Larga na! And spectator betting starts.

Presidential Decree No. 483

- This law penalizes betting, game-fixing, or point-shaving and rigged machinations in sports contests.

GAME FIXING –

POINT SHAVING –
Presidential Decree No. 1306

- This law, also known as the “Jai Alai” law

- jai alai was banned nationwide because of problems with game fixing.