Pool Betting Act 1967 (Revised - 2018) s 4
s 4 Pool betting duty
(1) A duty to be known as the pool betting duty shall be charged on every bet made by way of pool betting being a bet wherever made to the licensee or the Board in respect of pool betting.
(2) The pool betting duty shall be such amount as may be prescribed by the Minister.
(3) The pool betting duty shall be paid in the case of bets received by the licensee, the Board or agents.
(4) For the purpose of the pool betting duty, any payment which entitles a person to make a bet by way of pool betting shall, if he makes the bet, be treated as stake money on the bet.
(5) Subsection (4) shall apply to any payment entitling a person to take part in a transaction which is, on his part only, not a bet made by way of pool betting by reason of his not in fact making any stake as if the transaction were such a bet, and the transaction shall accordingly be treated as a bet for the purpose of the pool betting duty.
Malay text (authoritative)
Duti pertaruhan wang terkumpul
(1) Suatu duti yang dikenali sebagai duti pertaruhan wang terkumpul hendaklah dikenakan atas tiap-tiap pertaruhan yang dibuat melalui pertaruhan wang terkumpul yang merupakan suatu pertaruhan yang dibuat di mana-mana sahaja dengan pemegang lesen atau Lembaga berkenaan dengan pertaruhan wang terkumpul.
(2) Duti pertaruhan wang terkumpul ialah apa-apa amaun yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri.
(3) Duti pertaruhan wang terkumpul hendaklah dibayar dalam hal pertaruhan yang diterima oleh pemegang lesen, Lembaga atau ejen.
(4) Bagi maksud duti pertaruhan wang terkumpul, apa-apa bayaran yang mengehakkan seseorang membuat suatu pertaruhan melalui pertaruhan wang terkumpul hendaklah, jika dia membuat pertaruhan itu, dianggap sebagai wang tagan atas pertaruhan itu.
(5) Subseksyen (4) hendaklah terpakai bagi apa-apa bayaran yang mengehakkan seseorang mengambil bahagian dalam sesuatu transaksi yang, pada pihaknya sahaja, bukan suatu pertaruhan yang dibuat melalui pertaruhan wang terkumpul oleh sebab pada hakikatnya bukan dia yang membuat apa-apa tagan seolah-olah transaksi itu ialah suatu pertaruhan sedemikian, dan transaksi itu hendaklah dikira dengan sewajarnya sebagai suatu pertaruhan bagi maksud duti pertaruhan wang terkumpul.
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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).
