[ Act No. 2212, February 03, 1913 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN BY PROVIDING FOR THE CONFISCATION AND DISPOSITION OF MONEY, ARTICLES, INSTRUMENTS, APPLIANCES, AND DEVICES USED IN GAMBLING PROHIBITED BY SAID ACT OR BY THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and fifty-seven is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section, to be numbered thirteen, the present sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of said Act to be renumbered accordingly:

"SEC. 13. The court convicting a person of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall order the confiscation of the money, articles, instruments, appliances, and devices used in gambling. Articles, instruments, appliances, and devices capable only of being used for gambling shall be destroyed under the order of the court. Money and the proceeds of the sale of confiscated articles which are capable of being used otherwise than for gambling purposes shall be accounted for, accredited and disposed of in the same manner as the proceeds of fines imposed by the court. The provisions of this section shall be applicable in cases of conviction of the violation of municipal ordinances prohibiting gambling."

Enacted, February 3, 1913.

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