Section 1
Sec. 1. Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be permissible, in the game oi Basque pelota, a game of skill (including the games of pala, raqueta, cestapunta, remonte and mano), in which professional players participate, to make either direct bets or bets by means of a totalizer; provided, That no operator or maintainer of a Basque pelota court shall collect as corrmission a fee in excess of twelve per centum on such bets, or twelve per centum of the receipts of the totalizer, and of such per centum three shall he paid to the Government of the Philippines, for distribution lin equal shares between the General Hospital and the Philippine Anti-tuberculosis Society.