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Act No. 1948 Section 2

Act No. 1948 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Section ten of the aforesaid Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 10. Liquors, cockfighting, and booths in vicinity.—No intoxicating liquors shall be sold or dispensed, nor allowed to be sold or dispensed, within thirty meters of any polling place on any registration day nor within one hundred and fifty meters of any polling place on any election day during the hours for voting and counting the votes. "No temporary booths, tents, or shelters of any kind for the sale or display of any wares, merchandise, or refreshments, solid or liquid, or for any other purpose whatsoever, shall be erected or maintained on said days, within said thirty meters, during the hours aforesaid; nor shall any cockfight be held in any municipality upon any election day. "Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five days nor more than twenty-five days, or by a fine of not less than five pesos nor more than twenty-five pesos, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court."

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

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