Article 695 — Gaming in Stocks or Merchandise.

Whoever, with intent to make gain or profit by the rise or fall in price of the stock goods or merchandise of a registered or unregistered company or other undertaking, whether in or outside the country, makes or signs any contract, oral or written, purporting to be for the sale or purchase of shares of stocks, goods or merchandise, without the bona fide intention of acquiring or selling such things, is punishable with simple imprisonment, or, in serious cases, with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years.