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[ Commonwealth Act No. 154, November 09, 1936 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT AMENDING NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND, AND CONSOLIDATE ALL LAWS GOVERNING HORSE RACES, LIMIT THE SAME TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DATES, PROHIBIT ANY PERSON OR BODY OF PERSONS OTHER THAN THAT CONDUCTING A HORSE RACE FROM MAINTAINING OR USING A TOTALIZER OR SYSTEM OF BETTING OR GAMBLING ON SUCH RACE, PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Forty-two hundred and forty is hereby amended to read as follows;

"Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or body of persons to offer, take or arrange bets on any horse race or maintain or use a totalizer or other device, method or system to bet or gamble on any horse race or profit thereby by betting or gambling in the Philippines, except for the person or body of persons duly licensed to hold horse races and on the dates hereinafter mentioned, to wit: the first Sunday of each month, legal holidays, and all Sundays in the month of February.ℒαwρhi৷ If in any province of the Philippines only one person or body of persona is legally engaged in holding horse races, such person or body of persons may select the Sunday of the month on which to hold the horse races authorized by this Act for the first Sunday of each month."

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Enacted, without Executive approval, November 9, 1936.

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