Guam § 39117 - Same: Drugging Gamecocks and Allied Offenses.
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§ 39117. Same: Drugging Gamecocks and Allied Offenses.
(a) Every person who shall drug, cripple, poison, or in any manner
injure any gamecock intended to be matched or entered in a lawful cockfight
is guilty of a misdemeanor. For purposes of this section, the taking of a
gamecock to within the enclosure of any cockpit shall be sufficient to
constitute an intent to match.
(b) Every person who, at any time, has in his possession any grain or
other chicken feed, or substance suitable for consumption by chickens which
has been mixed or treated with any drug, chemical or other substance
poisonous or harmful to chickens with intent to drug, cripple, poison, or in
any manner injury any gamecock intended to be matched or entered in a
lawful cockfight is guilty of a misdemeanor. For purposes of this section,
possession of any grain or chicken feed, or substance suitable for
consumption by chickens which has been mixed or treated with any drug,
chemical, or other substance poisonous or harmful to chickens within the
enclosure of any cockpit shall be sufficient to constitute an intent to drug,
cripple, poison or in any manner injure any gamecock.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39117 ("Same: Drugging Gamecocks and Allied Offenses.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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