REVIEW ON VICE AND DRUG

EDUCATION AND CONTROL

Jayson Vanta
RCrim, CCPS, CCDS, CST, CSP, MSCJ, Juris Doctor (i)
 Drugs
• Any chemically active substance
rendering a specific effect on
the central nervous system of
man.
• The term drug derives from the
14th century French word
drogue, which means a dry
substance.
 When are drugs harmful?
• Any drug may be harmful when
taken in:
Excess;
Dangerous combinations;
By hypersensitive (allergic)
person
 Habituation
• A form of psychological dependence,
characterized by continuous desire for a drug.
A person believes that the drug is needed to
function at work or home because drugs
often produces an elated/ excited emotional
state.
 Addiction
•a form of physical
dependence, severe craving
for the drug even to the
point of interfering with the
person’s ability to function
normally.
 Drug Dependence
• Characterized by the
compulsion to use a drug to
experience psychological or
physical effects despite
deterioration in health, work,
and social activities.
Forms of Drug Dependence
 Tolerance
• A form of physical dependence, occurs when the
body becomes accustomed to a drug as the drug
is repeatedly taken in the same dose. It now
requires ever- increasing larger doses to achieve
the same desired effect. Tendency to increase
dosage to maintain the same effect in the body.
 Types of Drug Dependence
 Physical Dependence- can only be discernible when drug
intake is decreased or stopped and an involuntary illness
called the withdrawal syndrome occurs. (June 2018 Board
Exam Question)
 Psychological Dependence- Exhibited when a user relies on a
drug to achieve a feeling of well- being. The most extreme
from of this is the obsession of the user with the drug, thus
focusing virtually all his interest and activity on obtaining and
using it. It is also arises from the ability to satisfy some
emotional or personality needs of an individual. (June 2018
Board Exam Question)
 Drug Abuse
• Is the overuse or consumption of drugs
other than for medical reasons.
• Any non-medical use of drugs that cause
physical, psychological, legal, economic,
or social damage to the user or to the
people affected by the user’s behavior.
• Using drugs without prescription.
• Abuse of drugs and other substances can
lead to physical and psychological
dependence.
 Causes of Drug Abuses
• Lack of parental guidance
• Peer pressure
• Curiosity
• Weak personality
• Desire to escape from reality
• Frustration (due to personal, family or work problems)
• Boredom
• Poor self-image
DRUGS COMMONLY ABUSED
 STIMULANT
• Drug that excite the central
nervous system, increasing
alertness, decreasing
fatigue, delaying sleep, also
impale appetite and cause
weight loss.
 Shabu
• Methamphetamine
hydrochloride/SHABU - a type of
amphetamine also known as
“poor man’s cocaine”. Other
names are Shabu, Ubas, Siopao,
Sha and Ice.
• Shabu is a white, odorless crystal
or crystalline powder with a bitter
numbing taste.
 Cocaine
• an agent that produces a
temporary increase of the
functional activity or efficiency
of an Organism or any of its
parts. (Most powerful type of
Stimulant)
• Street names – Coke, Snow,
Flake, Bow
 Effects of Stimulants (Amphetamines)
June 2019 Board exam question

• Causes irritability, restlessness, hyperactivity, anxiety etc.

• Impairs judgment and causes deep depression and physical exhaustion
after single dose of moderate strength wears off
• Causes undesirable, acute psychotic consequences such as
suspiciousness, hostility, persecutory delusions, violent and destructive
behavior and recklessness
• Physiological effects like hypertension, chest pain, irregular heart rate,
convulsion and cardiac arrest leading to death.
What are the symptoms of the use of amphetamines?
June 2019 BEQ

A. Sensation of distorted time, space, sound, color

B. False perceptions of objects and experiences
C. Excitement, alertness and wakefulness
D. Loss of appetite, anxiety and irritability

Ans. D
 Opiates/Narcotic
• Group of drugs that are used
medically to relieve pain, but
have a high potential for abuse.
• In medicine, the
term opiate describes any of
the narcotic opioid alkaloids foun
d as natural products in
the opium poppy plant, Papaver
somniferum.
 Opium
• Refers to the flowering plant
of the species papaver
somniferum. It is derived
from the oriental poppy
plant which is grown in Asia
and can also be found in
other areas such as Mexico
 Morphine
• is a potent opiate analgesic
drug that is used to relieve
severe pain. It was first isolated
in 1804 by Friedrich Serturner,
first distributed by him in 1817,
and first commercially sold
by Merck in 1827.
 Heroin
• It is the most commonly abused narcotic in
the world. To produce heroin, the chemist
takes an equal amount of morphine and
acetic anhydride and heats them together
for six hours. It was discovered by Alder
Wright (1896), a British chemist. It
promised to cure addiction from opium
and morphine. It is a white, odorless,
crystalline powder with a very bitter taste.
 Codeine
Nov-dec 2019 board exam question

• Also known as Methylmorphine. It is

similar to morphine , but its effect is
weaker in intensity. Cough
preparations generally contain one
grain of codeine per fluid ounce. It is
also available in tablet or powder
form. It was isolated from morphine in
the year 1832.
 Effects of Narcotics
• Produced a short lived feeling of pleasure, euphoria
and a positive sense of well being known as “thrill”,
“rush”, or “high”.
• Constrict pupil of the eye causing difficulty in vision
• On a large dose, it causes nausea, vomiting, and
difficulty in breathing
• It induces sleep with a slow, shallow respiration
• Overdose cause convulsion, followed by cessation of
respiration leading to death
 Hallucinogens
• Drugs that are derived from
plants chemical substances
which affects the perception,
sensation, behavior and
produces hallucination on the
user.
Common Types of Hallucinogens
 Marijuana
• is the term used to describe all
the plant material like leaves,
tops, stems, flowers and roots
from a cannabis plant (Cannabis
sativa), dried and prepared for
smoking or taken orally as
“brownies”.
 Effects of Marijuana
• Faster hear beat and pulse rate
• Blood shot eye
• Dry mouth and throat
• Altered sense of time or disorientation
• Forgetfulness and inability to think
• Impaired reflexes/ coordination
• Acute panic – anxiety reaction- extreme fear of losing
control
 Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
• a compound produced from lysergic
acid, a crystalline substance derived
from the fungus claviceps purpurea
which infects wheat. It was discovered
by Dr. Albert Hoffman while working in
a Swiss Pharmaceutical company.
Known on the street as “acid”, it is the
best known and most potent
hallucinogens.
•Mescaline- aka STP which stands for
serenity- tranquility- peace- a drug
derived from the dried tops of the peyote
cactus, a small cactus native to Mexico.
•Psilocybin- hallucinogenic compound
obtained in mushroom, psilocybe
mexicana
• Phencyclidine (PCP)- considered as a menace
and highly dangerous drug because it can be
easily synthesized, this drug has no medical
purpose for humans but it is occasionally used
by veterinarians as an anesthetic and sedative
for animals. It is popularly known as angel
dust.
Countries and Production source of
dangerous drugs
 colombia
Coca/Cocaine
Afghanistan
Opium
Burma/Laos/Thailand
Opium
 Philippines
Methamphetmine/Shabu
 Golden Triangle (Opium-Heroin)

Borders of Burma/ Myanmar, Laos

and Thailand
 Silver Triangle

Peru- Columbia- Bolivia

 Golden Crescent (Heroin)
APII
Afghanistan, Pakistan Iran, India
 Field Test for Dangerous Drugs
• Marijuana- Duquenois- Levine test (Red)
• Shabu- Symone’s test (purple)
• LSD- Van urk test (Blue purple)
• Opium- Marquis Test (violet)
• Amphetamines- Marquis test ( red/ orange)
• Barbiturates- Dilli Koppanyi/ Zwikkers test (violet/ blue)
• Cocaine- Cobalt thiocynate (blue)
THE PHILIPPINE ANTI DRUG EFFORTS
 PDEA was created upon enactment of RA
9165 in 2002
• Signed June 7, 2002
• Published June 19, 2002
• Took effect July 4, 2002
 DANGEROUS DRUG BOARD (DDB)
• Created by virtue of Republic Act 6425 otherwise
known as Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 subsequently
repealed by RA 9165.
• The policy-making & strategy-formulating body in the
planning & formulation of policies & programs on drug
prevention & control.(June 2019 BEQ)
• It shall develop and adopt a comprehensive, integrated,
unified and balanced national drug abuse prevention
and control strategy.
•DDB composed of 17 members wherein 3
of which are permanent members, the
other 12 members are ex- officio capacity
and 2 regular members.
 THREE (3) PERMANENT MEMBERS
• At least 7 years of training and experience in the field of the ff:
fields in law, medicine, criminology, psychology or social work.
• Appointed by the president.
• One designated as the Chairman with the rank of Secretary
(with the term of 6 years) and the two other regular members
as undersecretary (one with 4 years term and the other 2 years
but succeeding appointment will serve six years and until their
successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified.
 TWELVE (12) EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS
• Secretary or representative of the following
Department:
• DOJ, DOH, DND, DOF, DOLE, DILG, DSWD, DFA, DepEd,
• Chairman CHED, NYC
• Director General - PDEA
 TWO (2) REGULAR MEMBERS
• President of Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
• Chairman or President of a non- government
organization involved in dangerous drug campaign
to be appointed by the President.
•The Director of NBI and Chief, PNP
are the permanent consultant of the
DDB. (June 2019 BEQ)
Jurisdiction over Dangerous Drug
cases
• The Supreme Court shall designate special courts
from among the existing RTC in each judicial region
to exclusively try and hear cases involving violation
of RA 9165. (Dec 2022 BEQ 2x)
• The DOJ shall designate special prosecutors to
exclusively handle cases involving violation of RA
9165. (June 2019 BEQ)
• 30 days = period within which preliminary investigation
shall be made from the date of their filing.( April 2023
BEQ)
• Within 24 hours- investigating prosecutor shall
established the information to filed in court from the
termination of the investigation.
• 60 days = period within which the trial of the case shall
be finished from the date of the filing of the information
• 15 days from the date of submission of the case for
resolution decision shall be rendered.
 Responsibility and liability of law
enforcement agencies in testifying as
Prosecution Witness in Dangerous Drug
Cases
• Penalty- 12 years and 1 day to 20 years and a
fine of not less than Php 500,000.00 in
addition to the administrative liability.
• For any members of law enforcement agency
who, after due notice, fails or refuses
intentionally or negligently to appear as a
witness for prosecution.
 Delay & Bungling in the
Prosecution of Drug Cases.
• Penalty- 12 years and 1 day to 20 years
• For any members of law enforcement agency
who, through patent laxity inexcusable
neglect, unreasonable delay, or deliberately
causes the unsuccessful prosecution and/ or
dismissal of the said drug cases.
 Republic act 9165
comprehensive dangerous drug act
of 2002
 UNLAWFUL ACTS AND
PENALTIES UNDER RA 9165
Section 4. Importation of Dangerous Drugs

•Penalty:
•Life Imprisonment and fine of Five
Hundred Thousand pesos (P500,000.00)
to Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00).
Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, Delivery,
Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs

•Penalty
•life imprisonment and fine ranging from
Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos
(P10,000,000.00)
Section 6. Maintenance of a Den, Dive or
Resort involving dangerous drugs
Penalty
• life imprisonment and a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
• The penalty of imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years and one (1)
day to twenty (20) years and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand
pesos (P100,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00)
shall be imposed upon any person or group of persons who shall
maintain a den, dive, or resort where any controlled precursor and
essential chemical is used or sold in any form.
Sec11. Possession of Dangerous Drugs
• Possession of Dangerous Drugs regardless of purity-
penalty provided life imprisonment and a fine ranging
from Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00)
• 10 grams or more of opium, morphine, heroin, cocaine
or cocaine hydrochloride, marijuana resin or oil, and
other dangerous drugs,
• 50 grams or more of shabu
• 500 grams or more of marijuana
Sec15. Use of Dangerous Drugs
Penalty
• A person apprehended or arrested, who is found to be positive
for use of any dangerous drug, after a confirmatory test, shall
be imposed a penalty of a minimum of six (6) months but not
exceeds one year rehabilitation in a government center for the
first offense.
• If apprehended using any dangerous drug for the second time,
he/she shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging from six
(6) years and one (1) day to twelve (12) years and a fine ranging
from Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) to Two hundred
thousand pesos (P200,000.00):
Sec16. Cultivation of plants classified as
source of dangerous drugs
Penalty
• Life imprisonment and fine ranging from Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten million
pesos (P10,000,000.00)
• Penalty of 12 years and 1 day to 20 years of
imprisonment and a fine ranging from P100,000.00 to
P500,000.00 shall be imposed upon any person, who
acts as a “protector/coddler of any violator of the
provisions of Sec. 16…..
Section 18. Unnecessary Prescription of
Dangerous Drugs.
Section 19. Unlawful Prescription of
Dangerous Drugs.
Section 21. Custody and Disposition of Confiscated, Seized, and/or Surrendered Dangerous Drugs, Plant Sources
of Dangerous Drugs, Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals, Instruments/Paraphernalia and/or
Laboratory Equipment
• The apprehending team having initial custody and
control of the drugs shall, immediately after seizure and
confiscation, physically inventory and photograph the
same in the presence of the accused or the person/s
from whom such items were confiscated and/or seized,
or his/her representative or counsel, a representative
from the media and the Department of Justice (DOJ),
and any elected public official who shall be required to
sign the copies of the inventory and be given a copy
thereof;
• Within twenty-four (24) hours upon confiscation/seizure
of dangerous drugs, plant sources of dangerous drugs,
controlled precursors and essential chemicals, as well as
instruments/paraphernalia and/or laboratory
equipment, the same shall be submitted to the PDEA
Forensic Laboratory for a qualitative and quantitative
examination;
• A certification of the forensic laboratory
examination results, which shall be done under
oath by the forensic laboratory examiner, shall be
issued within twenty-four (24) hours after the
receipt of the subject item/s.
• That a final certification shall be issued on the
completed forensic laboratory examination on the
same within the next twenty-four (24) hours
• After the filing of the criminal case, the Court shall,
within seventy-two (72) hours, conduct an ocular
inspection of the confiscated, seized and/or
surrendered dangerous drugs, and controlled
precursors and essential chemicals, including the
instruments/paraphernalia and/or laboratory
equipment, and through the PDEA shall:
• within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter proceed
with the destruction or burning of the same, in the
presence of the accused or the person/s from
whom such items were confiscated and/or seized,
or his/her representative or counsel, a
representative from the media and the DOJ, civil
society groups and any elected public official
• Within 24 hrs upon confiscation – deliver to the PDEA
Forensic Laboratory
• Within 24 hrs after receipt – certification shall be issued .
• If the volume of the drugs would make it impossible to be
finish within 24 hrs, final certification will be issued within
another 24 hrs.
• Within 72 hrs after filing of the Criminal case - court shall
conduct ocular inspection.
• Within 24 hours through the PDEA – proceed to the
destruction or burning of the same.
 Section 23. Plea-Bargaining Provision.
• Any person charged under any provision of
this Act regardless of the imposable penalty
shall not be allowed to avail of the provision
on plea-bargaining .
 Section 25. Qualifying Aggravating
Circumstances in the Commission of a Crime
by an Offender Under the Influence of
Dangerous Drugs
Section 29. Criminal Liability for Planting of
Evidence
• Any person who is found guilty of "planting"
any dangerous drug and/or controlled
precursor and essential chemical, regardless
of quantity and purity, shall suffer the
maximum penalty.
 Section 38. Laboratory Examination or Test
on Apprehended/Arrested Offenders
• any person apprehended or arrested for violating the
this Act shall be subjected to screening laboratory
examination or test within twenty-four (24) hours, if
the apprehending or arresting officer has reasonable
ground to believe that the person apprehended or
arrested, on account of physical signs or symptoms or
other visible or outward manifestation, is under the
influence of dangerous drugs
 Dangerous Drug Test Requirements
The following shall undergo mandatory drug testing: (Dec
2022 BEQ)
• 1. applicants for drivers license
• 2. applicants for Firearms license & PTCFOR
• 3. members of the PNP, AFP, & other LEA
• 4. All person charged with criminal offense with penalty
of not less than 6 years.
• 5. All candidates for public office national/ local
 The following shall undergo random drug
testing:
• 1. students of secondary and tertiary schools
• 2. officers and employees of public & private
offices
Non-applicability of the Probation Law for
Drug Traffickers and Pushers
•cannot avail of the privilege granted by
Probation Law (PD 968, as amended).
 Title VIII – Program and Rehabilitation
Treatment
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 NAPOLCOM MEMORANDUM
CIRCULAR NO. 200003
• Adopting Salient Provisions of PDEA
Memorandum on the preparation of pre-
operation report and PNP-AIDSOTF
Memorandum Circular in the conduct of
Anti-Illegal Drugs Operations.
 Pre-Operations
• Operating Unit to submit to PDEA, the pre-operations
report, indicating details such identity, area of operation,
composition, tactics and equipment of the operating unit
and duration of the operation. Also includes the
information on the suspect/s.
• Certification of Coordination – prepared by PDEA given
to the operating unit which submitted a pre-operations
report.
Exemption of submission of Pre Operations Report:
• 1. in remote places where coordination is not possible;
• 2. When coordination will compromise the lives of police
operatives, informant and witnesses, involved in anti-drug
operations;
• 3. When coordination will prejudice the apprehension of drug
suspects and confiscation of dangerous drugs;
• 4. When prior coordination will compromise the entire police
operation.
• (In above instances, post coordination shall be made in lieu of
prior coordination).
Signatories to the Pre-Operation Report

•Signed by the Team Leader.

 Conduct of Operation
• Team shall be led by police commissioned officers
except in far flung areas where there are no assigned
PCOs.
• To have at least 1 female member operative who shall
be responsible for arresting and frisking female suspects
and for taking custody of children found in the place of
operation.
 VICES
•is any immoral conduct or
habit, the indulgence of
which leads to depravity,
wickedness and corruption
of the minds and the body.
(June 2019 BEQ)
 Different Forms of Vices:
• 1) Drug addiction
• 2) Alcoholism
• 3) Prostitution
• 4) Gambling
 ALCOHOLIC
• A person who has experienced
physical, psychological, social
or occupational impairment as
consequence of habitual,
excessive consumption of
alcohol
 ALCOHOL ABUSE
• Use of ethyl alcohol or liquor in
a quantity and with a
frequency that causes the
individual significant
physiological, psychological, or
sociological distress or
impairment.
 ALCOHOLIC
DEPENDENCE
• A chronic loss of control over the
consumption of alcoholic
beverages despite obvious
psychological or physical harm to
the person. Increasing amount are
required overtime and abrupt
discontinuance may precipitate a
withdrawal symptoms.
 ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR

• Any beverages or compound,

whether distilled, fermented,
or otherwise, which will
produce intoxication or which
contains in excess of one
percent of alcohol and used as
a beverage.
 DRUNKARD
• A person who habitually takes or
use any intoxicating alcohol
liquor and while under the
influence of such, or in
consequence of the effect
thereof, is either dangerous to
himself or to others.
 ALCOHOLISM

•which is also known as “Alcohol

Dependence Syndrome” is a disease
characterized by the following:
• a) Craving – strong need or compulsion to
drink
• b) Loss of Control – frequent inability to stop
drinking once a person has begun to drink.
• c) Physical Dependence – The occurrence of
withdrawal symptoms, such as shakiness and
anxiety when alcohol use is stopped.
 SOME PROBLEMS ARISING FROM
ALCOHOLISM
• Loss of employment which can lead to financial
problems;
• Marital Conflict and contribute to domestic
violence;
• Drinking at inappropriate times and behavior can
lead to legal consequences, such as public
disorder (Alarm and Scandal).
 DRUNKNESS AS A CRIME
• In the Philippines, drunkenness in itself is not a crime because a
person may drink to excess in the privacy of his home or in the party
and commit no crime at all.
• It is only when a drunken person exhibits his condition publicly, or
disturbs, endangers, or injured others, that he became an offender
and therefore, subject to arrest and punishment.
• Before and during elections, it is unlawful to sell or drink intoxicating
liquor, as provided in the election law.
• Under RA 4136, as amended, driving under the influence of liquor is
prohibited.
 Under Article 15 of the Revised Penal Code, intoxication is
considered as an Alternative Circumstances.

• It is considered a mitigating circumstance when the

offender has committed a felony in a state of
intoxication, if the same is not habitual.
• It is considered an aggravating circumstance, when the
intoxication is habitual or intentional.
 PROSTITUTION
• Act or practice of providing
sexual services to another
person in return for payment.
• Is the exchange of money for
the performance of sexual act.
 What do you call the pre conceived
child of a prostitute? (June 2019 BEQ)

Manceres
 PHILANDERING
•Is having casual/illicit sex with a
number of people.
•It usually refers to men, and often in
the context of cheating on a wife or
girlfriend.
 VAGRANTS AND PROSTITUTES (under
RPC)
• Any person having no apparent means of subsistence,
who has the physical ability to work and who neglects to
apply himself or herself to some lawful calling.
• Any person found loitering about public or semi-public
building or places, or tramping or wandering about the
country or to the streets without visible means of
support.
• Any idle or dissolute person who lodges in houses of ill-
fame, ruffians or pimps and those who habitually
associate with prostitutes.
 PROSTITUTES

•Women, who for money or profit,

habitually indulge in sexual intercourse or
lascivious conduct.
 Republic Act No. 10158
• Signed last March 27, 2012, amended Article 202 of the
Revised Penal Code removing vagrancy from the
country's list of crimes amid concerns it only targets the
poor and the disadvantaged.
• Although the poor or homeless people can no longer be
hauled to jail for vagrancy, the new law continued to
penalize women engaged in prostitution.
 RA 10158, defined prostitutes as "women
who for money or profit, habitually indulge
in sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct."
• A person found guilty of prostitution is punished by imprisoned
from one to 30 days or a fine not exceeding P200.
• In case of recidivism, they are punished by arresto mayor in its
medium period to prison correctional in its minimum period or
a fine ranging from P200 to P2,000, or both, depending on the
court.
• With the enactment of the law, all pending vagrancy cases
meantime shall be dismissed and all persons serving sentence
for violating the vagrancy law shall immediately be released.
RELATED LAWS ON THE PROTECTION
OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
RA 7610, as amended, (Special Protection of
children against child abuse, exploitation
and discrimination Act)
• Penalize those who engage in or promote, facilitate or
induce child prostitution, who commit the act of sexual
intercourse or lascivious conduct with a child exploited
in prostitution and who derived profit on advantage
therefrom, whether as a manager or owner of the
establishment.
• penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period to
reclusion perpetua
 GAMBLING
• Wagering of money or something of material
value on an event with an uncertain outcome with
the primary intent of winning additional money
and/or material goods.
 ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME

•Any form of illegal gambling activity which

uses numbers or combination as factors in
giving out jackpots.
 JUETENG
•Illegal numbers game that involves the
combination of numbers as a form of local
lottery where bets are placed and
accepted per combination .
 MASIAO
• Illegal numbers game where the winning
combination is derived from the results of the
last game of Jai Alai or the Special Llave
portion
 LAST TWO
• Illegal numbers game where the winning
combination is derived from the last two
numbers of the first prize of the winning
Sweepstakes ticket.
 BETTOR (Mananaya)
• Any person, who places bets for himself/herself or
in behalf of another person, other than the
personnel or staff of any illegal numbers game
operation.
 COLLECTOR or AGENT (Cabo,
Cobrador)
• Any person who collects, solicits or produces
bets in behalf of his/her principal for any
illegal numbers game who is usually in
possession of gambling paraphernalia
 MAINTAINER, MANAGER OR
OPERATOR
•Any person who maintains, manages, or
operates any illegal number game in a
specific area.
 FINANCIERS OR CAPITALIST
• Any person who finances the operations of
any illegal numbers game.
 PROTECTOR OR CODDLER
•Any person who lends or provides
protection, or receives benefits in any
manner in the operation of any illegal
numbers game.
RELATED LAWS ON GAMBLING
 Article 195 of RPC. Acts punishable in
gambling
• any person directly or indirectly take part in any game of
Monte, jueteng, other form of lottery, policy, banking or
percentage game, dog races or any other game the
result of which depends wholly upon a chance wherein
wagers consisting of money, articles of value, or
representative of value are made.
 Article 195 of RPC. (Penalty)
• The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine not exceeding two
hundred pesos, and, in case of recidivism, the penalty of
arresto mayor or a fine ranging from two hundred or six
thousand pesos,
• The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum
degree shall be imposed upon the maintainer,
conductor, or banker in a game of jueteng or any similar
game.
• Article 196 (RPC). Penalizing any person who
shall import into the Philippine Islands from
any foreign place or port any lottery ticket or
advertisement, or in connivance with the
importer, shall sell or distribute the same.
• The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum
period to prision correccional in its minimum
period or a fine ranging from 200 to 2,000
pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court
• Article 197 (RPC). Betting in sports Contest –
Penalizing any person who shall bet money or
any object or article of value or
representative of value upon the result of any
boxing or other sports contest.
 Article 198 (RPC). Illegal betting on horse
races
• Penalizing any person who, except during the
periods allowed by law, shall bet on horse
races.
• The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not
exceeding 200 pesos, or both,
 Article 199 (RPC). Illegal cockfighting –
Penalizing any person who directly or
indirectly participates in cockfights, at a place
other than a licensed cockpit.
 RA 3063 – Approved June 17, 1961
• Authorizing licensed race tracks and racing clubs and their
authorized agent to offer, take or arrange bets outside the
place, enclosure of track where the races held.
• Penalty - fine of not less than one thousand pesos not more
than two thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not less
than one month or more than six months, or both, in the
discretion of the court. If the offender is a partnership,
corporation or association, the criminal liability shall devolve
upon its president, director, or any other official responsible
for the violation.
PD 449 – Cockfighting Law of 1974 –
Approved May 9, 1974.
• PD 483 - Penalizing Betting, Game-fixing or point
shaving and Machinations in Sports Contents.
Approved on June 13, 1974.
• PD 1602 – Approved June 11, 1978. prescribing stiffer
penalties on illegal gambling.
• RA 9287 – Approved 2, 2004- An Act increasing the
penalties for illegal numbers games, amending certain
provisions of P.D. 1602, and for other purposes.