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Racing (Totalizator Board) Act 1961 s 17

Racing (Totalizator Board) Act 1961 s 17

s 17 Calculation of dividend

(1) Except as may be provided under any approved scheme it shall be the duty of the Board and of any turf club operating a totalizator on behalf of the Board under an approved scheme to pay out by way of dividend all moneys received from investments on the totalizator after deducting— (a) the amount of any duty charged under section 2 of the Betting and Sweepstake Duties Act 1948 [Act 201]; and (b) by way of commission ten per centum, or such other amount (whether greater or lesser than ten per centum) as may be prescribed by any regulations made under section 29, of all such moneys: Provided that— (i) it shall not be necessary to pay out fractions of a ringgit; (ii) any investment on any horse which is scratched or otherwise withdrawn in accordance with the rules of racing applied by any approved scheme shall be refunded without deduction of such duty and commission. (iii) (Deleted by Act 65). (2) No money received by the Board pursuant to any approved scheme through any turf club in the Republic of Singapore referred to in any declaration under section 18 for investment on horse races in Malaysia shall be liable for duty or commission in accordance with subsection (1).

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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