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Act No. 557 Section 1

Act No. 557 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Any person who within the Philippine Islands engages in, institutes, aids, encourages, or does any act to further a contention or fight with or without weapons between two or more persons, or a light commonly called a ring or prize light, or who engages in a public or private sparring or boxing exhibition, with or without gloves, at which an admission fee is charged or received, either directly or indirectly, or who sends or publishes a challenge or acceptance of a challenge for such a contention, exhibition, or fight, or carries or delivers such a challenge or acceptance, or trains or assists any person in training or preparing for such a contention, exhibition, or light, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year and one day, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗ · Data as of July 4, 2026

CitationAct No. 557 Section 1 (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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