AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 810 DATED OCTOBER 16, 1975, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE, CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A FRONTON FOR BASQUE PELOTA AND SIMILAR GAMES OF SKILL IN THE GREATER MANILA AREA."

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 862
• Sections: 2

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Presidential Decree No. 810 is

hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. The provision of any existing law to the contrary

notwithstanding, the grantee is hereby authorized to hold Basque Pelota

games (including the games of pala, raqueta, cestapunta, remonte and

mano) on all days of the weeks except (a) Sundays, (b) Independence

Day or June 12, (c) Holy Thursday, (d) Good Friday, (e) December 30 and

(f) election days: Provided, That games with bets may also be

allowed on Sundays upon prior approval by the President of the

Philippines for the benefit of charitable or public welfare

institutions."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant