WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the New Society is the development and promotion of desirable moral and cultural values;
WHEREAS, there is urgent need to protect our 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 the aims and goals of true Philippine sportsmanship;
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:
SECTION. 1. Definitions.—For purposes of this Decree the following terms shall mean and be understood to be as hereunder indicated:
SEC. 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.
SEC. 3. Penalty.—Any violation of this Decree, or of the rules and regulations promulgated in accordance herewith, shall be punished in the manner following:
SEC. 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 Association 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.
SEC. 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of instructions, laws, executive orders and rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed.
SEC. 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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FERDINAND E. MARCOS | ||||||
President of the Philippines | |||||||
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By the President: | ||||||
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ALEJANDRO MELCHOR | ||||||
Executive Secretary |