REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4591 - AN ACT
FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. Section s one, three and four of Commonwealth Act
Numbered One hundred and fifty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act
Numbered Four hundred eighty-four are further amended to read as
follows:
"Section 1. The Philippines Anti-Tuberculosis Society is
authorized to hold annually twelve horse races, with betting, for
charitable and civic purposes and to promote horse breeding in the
Philippines, on a race course or race courses. The horses entered in
one of these races which shall be known as 'Griffins' Race, shall be
such as were foaled in, and have not yet run in any race course of the
Philippines, and must not be gelded. Divided into two groups, one shall
be for horses not over fifty-eight inches in height, and another for
those in excess thereof. The lowest handicap weight to be carried by an
entry in a particular group shall be one hundred and fourteen pounds
starting from the smallest entry declared to run therein and for every
quarter of an inch in excess of the height of the smallest entry an
additional weight of one pound shall be carried: provided, however,
that after the weights of the entries have been determined according to
their respective heights, male horses competing with female horse shall
be given as additional four pounds in their handicap weights.
"Sec. 3. In addition to the races mentioned in
Section one of this Act, a national race shall also be held on a day in
the month of February or March of each year to be fixed by the
Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society two months in advance. At this
national race, there shall be three special races, one to be known as
the 'Senior Grand Derby' which shall be for horses in excess of
fifty-eight inches in height and shall be run over a distance of one
mile; another to be known as the 'Junior Grand Derby' which shall be
run over the same distance and in which only horses not over
fifty-eight inches in height may be entered; and still another to be
known as the 'Special Grand Derby' which shall be run over the distance
of one and one-eight miles and in which only Filipino owned imported
thoroughbred male horses which are not gelded and female horses in
excess of sixty-inches in height and not less than two and one-half
years but not over four years old may participate. The owner of the
imported thoroughbred horses shall present to the Society all pertinent
documents showing the records of importation, such as the Bureau of
Customs and Bureau of Animal Industry documents and clearances, sale
certificates of the previous foreign owners, the consular invoices and
other documents of the horses, as well as the pedigree which must be
registered and accepted in a world recognized stud book, the age, sex,
color and other descriptions of the horses. The age of the horse shall
be determined from the date of foal. Once an imported thoroughbred
horse has participated in the race herein indicated, the same shall not
be exported out of the Philippines except to participate in
international races and immediately thereafter the horse shall be
returned to the Philippines. In the 'Senior Grand Derby' and 'Junior
Grand Derby' races, only horses may participate that have taken part in
the 'griffins' races held during the previous year in accordance with
this Act: provided, that in order that a horse may take part in the
'Senior Grand Derby' and 'Junior Grand Derby' races, it shall be
registered thirty days previously: and provided, further, that horses
winning the first, second and third places in the Sweepstakes' races
held during the previous year, with the exception of imported
thoroughbred horses, may also participate in these races and shall be
subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
Society for the purposes of this Act. In handicapping horses entered in
all Grand Derby races, the same rule as provided for in Section one
hereof shall be applied. The other races of said day shall be ordinary
races in which serial horses may participate.
"Sec. 4. All proceeds derived from said national
race, after deducting the expenses of administration which shall not be
in excess of twenty per centum of the gross receipts, plus the
one-fourth of twenty per centum accumulated under Section two, shall be
set aside for the payment of prizes in the following proportion:
twenty-five per centum to pay prizes to horses winning the first,
second and third places in the `Senior Grand Derby'; twenty-five per
centum to pay prizes to horses winning the first, second and third
places in the 'Junior Grand Derby'; twenty-five per centum to pay
prizes to horses winning in other ordinary races on that day; ten per
centum to pay the prizes in equal parts to the breeders of the horses
winning first places in the 'Senior Grand Derby' and 'Junior Grand
Derby'; for this purpose a breeder is the owner of the broadmare on the
date the foal is born; and the remaining fifteen per centum to pay
prizes of the horse winning first, second and third places in the
Special Grand Derby."
Sec. 2. All deaths of imported thoroughbred horses
shall be reported to the Philippine Tuberculosis Society and the Games
and Amusements Board giving the date and place of death within ten days
from the occurrence thereof.
Sec. 3. Violation of this Act shall be penalized
by a fine of nor less than three thousand pesos but not exceeding six
thousand pesos or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more
than three years, and in both cases, the owner shall refund the prize
won by said horse if any, which shall be forfeited in favor of the
Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect one year after
its approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
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