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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 824 - ADOPTING
THE REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR BASQUE PELOTA GAMES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 810, as amended, mandates the operation and
development of Basque Pelota as a sport for the general public, a
source of revenue for the government’s socio-economic projects and a
game of amusement at par with international standards for tourism
purposes; and provides inter alia, that the Games and Amusements Board
“shall enforce the laws, rules and regulations governing Basque Pelota
as provided in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four Hundred and Eighty Five,
as amended,”;
WHEREAS, the Special Study Committee on Jai-Alai (Presidential
Memorandum dated 17 October 1981) composed of representatives from the
Office of the President, Games and Amusements Board and Presidential
Commission on Reorganization was created to “recommend to the President
such measures as may be necessary to further improve the operations of
Jai-Alai and to minimize its contribution to the country’s sports
development program”; and in addition, was specifically directed to
look into the following areas, namely; (i) responsiveness of existing
laws, rules and regulations, and the Games and Amusements Board’s
supervisory authority over Basque Pelota, (ii) formulation of standards
for the opening of branches for booking purposes within any place in
the Philippines pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1124, and (iii)
modernization and development programs for Basque Pelota including its
integration into the country’s sports development program;
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Special Committee has noted certain ambiguities
in existing laws, rules and regulations on Basque Pelota which have
abetted various charges of anomalies including game “fixing”, and
overlapping of functional responsibilities thereby putting the
integrity of the games under a cloud of public suspicion; and has
consequently, recommended measures to eliminate the said ambiguities in
the legal foundation and institutional framework of Basque Pelota to
ensure that the objectives of Presidential Decree No. 810, as amended,
are met in the most effective, efficient and economical manner;
WHEREAS, there is a need to allow the opening of Basque Pelota branches
for booking purposes pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1121 subject
to certain standards in order to provide an awareness of the
availability of this low stake amusement game for the country’s adult
population as an alternative to or as a counter-measure against rampant
illegal gambling activities which have deprived the government of
substantial revenues for its socio-economic projects;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Jai-Alai and Amusement Corporation, the Grantee
under Presidential Decree No. 810, has undertaken various improvements
in buildings and facilities including the installation of totalizators
with the recognition that pursuant to the provisions of Presidential
Decree No. 809 “the land and all improvements including facilities
thereon shall revert to the government of the Philippines without
payment”,; and the Grantee in addition, has prepared a development
program which would require sizeable additional investments to achieve
the purposes of Presidential Decree No. 810, as amended;
and
WHEREAS, there is a need for the government to provide additional
support and incentives for the accelerated development of Basque Pelota
pursuant to the aforementioned decrees;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the
authority vested in me by the Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby
order the adoption of the attached Revised Rules and Regulations for
Basque Pelota Games, any provision of rules and regulations to the
contrary notwithstanding.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 28th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-two.
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