Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold
Republic Act No. 332, approved on July 15, 1948, amends Section 6 of Republic Act No. 309, which regulates horse racing in the Philippines. The amendment mandates that any entity conducting horse races with ticket sales exceeding fifty thousand pesos must have an automatic, electrically-operated public indicator system and ticket-selling machines to record ticket purchases in real-time. Entities may apply for a provisional license to operate without this system, provided they use alternative recording methods approved by the Commission on Races, with a deadline to install the required system by June 30, 1949. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in the cancellation of their licenses.
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- What is Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold about?
- Republic Act No. 332, approved on July 15, 1948, amends Section 6 of Republic Act No. 309, which regulates horse racing in the Philippines. The amendment mandates that any entity conducting horse races with ticket sales exceeding fifty thousand pesos must have an automatic, electrically-operated public indicator system and ticket-selling machines to record ticket purchases in real-time. Entities may apply for a provisional license to operate without this system, provided they use alternative recording methods approved by the Commission on Races, with a deadline to install the required system by June 30, 1949. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in the cancellation of their licenses.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 332?
- Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold (Republic Act No. 332) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold enacted?
- Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold (Republic Act No. 332) was enacted on Jul 15, 1948.
- What is the citation for Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold?
- Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold, Republic Act No. 332, Jul 15, 1948 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 332
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 15, 1948
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 332
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE HORSE-RACES IN THE PHILIPPINES"
SECTION 1. Section six of Republic Act Numbered Three hundred and nine, entitled "An Act to regulate horse-races in the Philippines," is hereby amended to read as follows: aisa dc
"SEC. 6. Record of tickets sold. — No person, race-track, racing club, nor any other entity holding horse-races the crossings of which on any race day exceeds fifty thousand pesos, shall be allowed to hold races, unless such person, race-track, racing club, or entity is provided with an automatic, electrically-operated public indicator system and ticket-selling machines, by means of which every ticket purchased on every horse in any race, shall be automatically and instantaneously recorded by electrical impulse on a prominently-displayed bulletin board, each figure, letter or symbol of which shall be readable from a distance. However, any such person, race-track, racing club, or entity may, upon proper application, be provisionally licensed by the Commission on Races to hold horse-races even without the required automatic electric totalizator: Provided, That it shall provide itself with mechanical or other devices by which every ticket purchased on every horse in any race shall be recorded on a prominently displayed bulletin board readable from a distance in lieu of the required automatic electric totalizator which shall be subject to the approval of the Commission on Races after they have been tested and found by the Commission to be satisfactory: And provided, further, That such person, race-track, racing club, or entity shall acquire and install within its premises the required automatic electric totalizator within such period as may be determined by the Commission but not beyond June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and failure to comply with this requirement shall cause the cancellation of their respective licenses."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: July 15, 1948
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 45, No. 3, p. 1183 in March 1949
Cite This Law
Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold, Republic Act No. 332, Jul 15, 1948 (Philippines)
Amendment to R.A. No. 309 Re: Record of Horse-Racing Tickets Sold, Republic Act No. 332 (Phil. 1948)
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