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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 483
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 483 -
PENALIZING BETTING, GAME-FIXING OR POINT SHAVING AND MACHINATIONS IN
SPORTS CONTESTS
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WHEREAS,
the evil that is gambling has again shown its ugly head in the
recently-discovered game-fixing or point- shaving scandals during
sports contests;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the New Society is the development
and promotion of desirable moral and cultural values;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is urgent need to protect one youth and sports programs
and the morality of our society, especially the youth, from the eroding
influence of unscrupulous persons who, through fraudulent schemes of
game-fixing or point-shaving and other machinations, have made
basketball and other sports contests, games and races their media of
subverting thems and goals of true Philippine sportsmanship;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers vested
in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to Proclamations No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973; and
General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and
decree that the following shall be part of the law of the land: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Definitions. — For purposes of this
Decree, the following terms shall mean and be understood to be as
hereunder indicated:cralaw:red
a. Betting — betting money or any object or article
of value or representative of value upon the result of any game, races
and other sports contest.
b. Game-fixing — any arrangement, combination, scheme
or agreement by which the result of any game, races or sports contests
shall be predicted and/or known other than on the basis of the honest
playing skill or ability of the players or participants.
c. Point-shaving — any such arrangement, combination,
scheme or agreement by which the skill or ability of any player or
participant in a game, races or sports contests to make points or
scores shall be limited deliberately in order to influence the result
thereof in favor of one or other team, player or participant
therein. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. Game-machinations — any other fraudulent,
deceitful, unfair or dishonest means, method, manner or practice
employed for the purpose of influencing the result of any game, races
or sport contest.
Section 2. Betting, game-fixing, point-shaving or
game machination unlawful. — Game-fixing, point-shaving, machination,
as defined in the preceding section, in connection with the games of
basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball; chess, boxing bouts,
"jai-alai", "sipa", "pelota" and all other sports contests, games or
races; as well as betting therein except as may be authorized by law,
is hereby declared unlawful.
Section 3. Penalty. — Any violation of this Decree,
or of the rules and regulations promulgated in accordance herewith,
shall be punished in the manner following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
a. When the offender is an official, such as
promoter, referee, umpire, judge, or coach in the game, race or sports
contests, or the manager or sponsor of any participating team,
individual or player therein, or participants or players in such games,
races or other sports contests, he shall, upon conviction, be punished
by prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine of 2,000 pesos
with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, at the discretion
of the court. This penalty shall also be imposed when the offenders
compose a syndicate of five or more persons.
b. In case of any offender, he shall, upon
conviction, be punished by prision correccional in its medium period
and a fine of 1,000 pesos with subsidiary imprisonment in case of
insolvency at the discretion of the court. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. When the offender is an official or employee of
any government office or agency concerned with the enforcement or
administration of laws and regulations on sports the penalty provided
for in the preceding Section 3 a small be imposed. In addition, he
shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment for
life. If he is an alien, he may be deported.
Section 4. Clearance for arrest, detention or
prosecution. — No person who voluntarily discloses or denounces to the
President of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation or to the
National Sports Associations concerned and/or to any law
enforcement/police authority any of the acts penalized by this Decree
shall be arrested, detained and/or prosecuted except upon prior written
clearance from the President of the Philippines and/or of the Secretary
of National Defense. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Repealing Clause. — Article 197 of Act No.
3815, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, as amended, all
provisions of decrees, general orders, letters of instructions, laws,
executive orders and rules and regulations which are inconsistent with
this Decree are hereby repealed.
Section 6. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately upon publication thereof by the Secretary of the
Department of Public Information at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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