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MOP, Bk 6 Pt.1, v.5, 85
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 168, August 25, 1948 ]
AMENDING SECTIONS 14 AND 19 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 135, DATED MAY 4, 1948, ENTITLED “REGULATING THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FRONTONS AND BASQUE PELOTA GAMES (JAI-ALAI)”
By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend sections 14 and 19 of Executive Order No. 135, dated May 4, 1948, to read as follows:
“SEC. 14. Days and hours of operation.—Except as may otherwise be provided herein, basque pelota games with betting shall be allowed every day, excepting Sundays, from. 2:00 o’clock p.m. to not later than 12:00 o’clock midnight: Provided, That games with betting may, upon authority of the President, be played on Sundays for the benefit of charitable or public welfare institutions.
“SEC. 19. Distribution of wager funds.—The total wager funds or gross receipts from the sale of the betting tickets shall be apportioned as follows: a commission not exceeding 11 ½ per centum on the total bets on each game or event shall be set aside for the person or entity operating the fronton; 3 per centum of such bets shall be covered into the National Treasury for disposition as may be authorized by law or executive order; ½ per centum of such bets shall be set aside and made available to cover the expenses of the personnel assigned to supervise the operation of basque pelota games and frontons, including payment of salaries of such personnel, purchase of necessary equipment and other sundry expenses as may be authorized by competent authority; and the balance or 85 per centum of the total bets shall be distributed in the form of dividends among holders of “win” or “place” numbers or holders of the winning combination or grouping of numbers, as the case may be.”
The herein amendment to section 19 of said Executive Order No. 135 shall take effect as of May 4, 1948.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.
By the President:
(SGD.) EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary
“SEC. 14. Days and hours of operation.—Except as may otherwise be provided herein, basque pelota games with betting shall be allowed every day, excepting Sundays, from. 2:00 o’clock p.m. to not later than 12:00 o’clock midnight: Provided, That games with betting may, upon authority of the President, be played on Sundays for the benefit of charitable or public welfare institutions.
“SEC. 19. Distribution of wager funds.—The total wager funds or gross receipts from the sale of the betting tickets shall be apportioned as follows: a commission not exceeding 11 ½ per centum on the total bets on each game or event shall be set aside for the person or entity operating the fronton; 3 per centum of such bets shall be covered into the National Treasury for disposition as may be authorized by law or executive order; ½ per centum of such bets shall be set aside and made available to cover the expenses of the personnel assigned to supervise the operation of basque pelota games and frontons, including payment of salaries of such personnel, purchase of necessary equipment and other sundry expenses as may be authorized by competent authority; and the balance or 85 per centum of the total bets shall be distributed in the form of dividends among holders of “win” or “place” numbers or holders of the winning combination or grouping of numbers, as the case may be.”
The herein amendment to section 19 of said Executive Order No. 135 shall take effect as of May 4, 1948.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary