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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 519
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 519
- OUTLAWING PINBALL AND SLOT MACHINES AND OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES AND
NULLIFYING ALL EXISTING PERMITS AND/OR LICENSES TO OPERATE THE SAME
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WHEREAS,
there has been widespread use of pinball machines in amusement places
all over the country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the proliferation of these gambling devices adversely effects
the moral regeneration program of the Government under the New Society,
especially the youth;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has come to my attention that there has been indiscriminate
issuance of permits and/or licenses to operate pinball and slot
machines and other similar devices to the detriment of the public
interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do hereby
decree and order: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Any provision of existing law to the
contrary notwithstanding, the operation, possession, use and
importation of pinball and slot machines and other similar devices or
paraphernalia used for their operation is hereby declared unlawful and
any person guilty of the violation of this Decree shall suffer a fine
of not less than five thousand pesos or an imprisonment ranging from
prision correccional to prision mayor or both such fine and
imprisonment at the discretion of the Court or military tribunal:
Provided, That if the offender is a corporation firm, partnership, or
association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or
officers, as the case may be, and if such guilty officer or officers
are aliens, in addition to the penalty prescribed, he or they shall be
deported without further proceedings on the part of the Commission on
Immigration and Deportation.
Section 2. All existing licenses and/or permits for
the operation or use of pinball machines are hereby nullified and all
operators or possessors of pinball machines are hereby given a period
of fifteen days within which to dismantle or destroy such pinball or
slot machines in their possessions or surrender them to the Philippine
Constabulary.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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