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RA 309 Section 27

RA 309 Section 27

Laws affected.

Section 27

SEC. 27. Laws affected.—Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred forty, entitled, "An Act to revise, amend, am consolidate all laws governing horse-races, limit the same to certain special dates, prohibit any person or body of persons other than that conducting a horse-race from maintaining or using a totalizer or system of betting or gambling on such race, provide penalties for the violation her|| and for other purposes," Commonwealth Acts Number One hundred forty and One hundred fifty-four amending Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred forty; Executive Order Numbered Three hundred twenty, dated January Twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one regulating the maintenance and operation of race-tracks and horse-racing and Executive Orders Numbered Ninety-nine dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred forty-six, Numbered One hundred nine, dated December fifth, nineteen hundred forty-seven, and Numbered One hundred seventeen, dated January second, nineteen hundred forty-eight, amending Executive Order Numbered Three hundred twenty, are repealed. The following laws and regulations, as modified by this Act, shall remain in force: Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred thirty, entitled "An Act to revise, amend, and consolidate all existing laws relative to horse-races with sweepstakes, for charitable purposes, create a board of trustees, and for other purposes," as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred one and Five hundred forty-six and Republic Act Numbered Seventy-two; Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred fifty-six, entitled "An Act authorizing the Philippine Anti-tuberculosis Society to hold horse races, with betting, for charitable and civic purposes and to promote horse-breeding in these Islands," as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred eighty-four; Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred sixty-three, entitled "An Act authorizing the White Cross, Inc., to hold horse-races, with betting, for charitable and civic purposes and to promote horse-breeding in the Philippines;" Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred ninety-five entitled "An Act to authorize the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to hold annually one special sweepstakes race for the benefit of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and another for the benefit of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation; and Republic Act Numbered Seventy-nine, entitled "An Act to authorize the aiding by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office of Horse-races, with betting, on Saturday afternoons, for charitable, relief and civic purposes."

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CitationRA 309 Section 27 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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