SEC. 5. Any lottery ticket or advertisement of any lottery found in the illegal possession of any person shall be forfeited and destroyed, and any person who shall violate any of the preceding provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, for each offense be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
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CitationAct No. 1523 Section 5 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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