Section 1
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, gambling corporation, or association to otter, take, or agree upon any bet on any horse race, or to maintain or employ a totalizer or other device, method, or scheme for betting or gambling on any horse race, or realizing any profit therefrom by betting or gambling in the Philippine Islands, except during the periods in this section mentioned: (a) On each Sunday and legal holiday between the date of the passage of this Act and the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. (b) After the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, on the first Sunday of each month and on legal holidays, and for a period of three days in each year immediately before the beginning of Lent: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the offering and payment of prizes or gifts to the winners in horse races at other periods than those in this section stated unaccompanied by any betting or the use of totalizers or other devices for making money on a horse race.