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Act No. 1757 Section 9

Act No. 1757 Section 9

Section 9

SEC. 9. No owner or other gambling contract shall be enforceable at law and any promissory note, check, order for the payment of money. I. O. U., vale promise to pay, "chit," or contract or agreement given for money with which to gamble or for money lost at gambling or as a stake shall be void, except as to persons purchasing the same for a valuable consideration in good faith before maturity and not knowing and having no knowledge of facts sufficient to put them upon notice that such promissory note, check, order for the payment of money, I. O. U., vale, promise to pay, "chit," or contract or agreement was given in consideration of a gambling debt or for money lost at gambling or as a stake. Any conveyance or transfer of any property, real or personal, valuable thing, chose in action, franchise, or privilege, made for the purpose of gambling or as a stake or to pay gambling losses or debts, shall be void, and the subject of such transfer or its value may, within three years after the actual date of the conveyance or transfer or after the date the transfer took effect, be recovered by suit brought by the grantor, or his heirs, executors, administrators, or judgment creditors, against the transferee and all persons holding under him or purchasing from him having knowledge of facts sufficient to put , them upon notice as to the nature of the consideration of the original transfer.

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CitationAct No. 1757 Section 9 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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