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Title 6 Public Morals
Title 6 Public Morals
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS What are illegal or unauthorized activities or games?
- cockfighting, jueteng, lotteries, games using dice,
Chapter One. Gambling and Betting card games, games using plastic tiles (mahjong),
mechanical contraptions and devices (slot
Article 195. Gambling machines), races, individual or team contests
Article 196. Importation, sale and possession of lottery where game fixing, point shaving and other
tickets or advertisements machinations are present, banking or percentage
Article 197. Betting in sport contests (REPEALED) game
Article 198. Illegal betting on horse races - IN GENERAL: or any other game scheme, whether
Article 199. Illegal cockfighting upon chance or skill, wherein wagers consisting of
money, articles of value or representative of value
Chapter Two. Offenses against Decency and Good Custom are at stake or made
Article 200. Grave scandal 2. Any person who shall knowingly permit any form of
Article 201. Immoral doctrines, obscene publications gambling referred to in the preceding subparagraph to be
and exhibitions carried on in inhabited or uninhabited place or in any
Article 202. Vagrancy and prostitution building, vessel or other means of transportation owned or
controlled by him.