REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6115 - AN
ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION NINETEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE
HUNDRED NINE BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS IN HORSE
RACING
Section 1.
Section nineteen of Republic Act Numbered Three hundred nine, as
amended by Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-three, is
further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 19. Distribution of receipts. — The total wager
funds or gross receipts from the sale of pari-mutuel tickets
shall be apportioned as follows: eighty-seven per centum shall be
distributed in the form of dividends among the holders of win, place
and show horse, as the case may be, in the regular races; six per
centum shall be set aside as the commission of the person, racetracks,
racing clubs, or any other entity conducting the races; six per centum
shall be set aside for the payment of stakes or prizes for win, place
and show horses and authorized bonuses for jockeys; one-half per
centum shall be turned over to a 'Jockeys and Horse Trainers Injury,
Disability and Death Compensation Fund' which is hereby created for the
purpose of providing compensation for work-connected injury, disability
and death of horse trainers and jockeys. Said fund shall be
administered by a board to be composed of the Chairman of the Games and
Amusements Board, as chairman; the President of the Philippine Racing
Club, Inc., the President of the Philippine Jockeys' Association, the
President of the Horse Trainers Mutual Aid Association, the President
of the Santa Ana Park Horse Owners, Trainers and Jockeys' Association,
Inc., as members.t shall be the duty of the board to meet at least once
a month to evaluate and determine the extent and compensability of the
injury, disability or death of jockeys or horse trainers injured in the
discharge of their work in accordance with the following schedule:
For death of the licensee P6,000.00
For permanent disability of trainers and
jockeys due to work-connected accidents 6,000.00
For hospitalization and care of trainers
and jockeys due to illness or accident
connected with their work, per case
— not more than 500.00
For acquisition of moderate, priced land
and houses, subject to the rules and
regulations to be adopted by the Board
— not exceeding 10,000.00
and one-half per centum shall be paid to a special fund to be
used by the Games and Amusements Board to cover its expenses and such
other purposes authorized under this Act.n the case of daily-double and
llave races, the gross receipts derived from the total sale of tickets
for said races shall be apportioned in the following manner:
eighty-four per centum shall de distributed in the form of dividends
among the holders of the winning combination of horses, that is, the
two horses that won first place in the two races in the case of the
daily-double, and among the holders of the winning combination of
horses, that is, the two horses that won first and second place, or
either way, in the case of the llave; eight and one-half per
centum shall be set aside as the commission of the person, racetrack,
racing club, or any other entity holding the horse races; six and
one-half per centum for the payment of stakes or prizes to win,
llave and show horses; one-half per centum shall be turned over
to the Jockeys and Horse Trainers Injury, Disability and Death
Compensation Fund as herein created; and one-half per centum as a
special fund to be used by the Games and Amusements Board to cover its
expenses and such other purposes authorized under this Act:
provided, however, that to promote clean and honest horse racing,
licensed jockeys or trainers who are suspended by the racing clubs and
the Games and Amusements Board for violation of existing rules on horse
racing shall be temporarily suspended from all benefits other than
medical and hospitalization expenses during the period of suspension."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: August 4, 1969
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