QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 327)
They must first secure a license from the City or Municipal Treasurer of the locality where the place is established.
They are prohibited within 200 lineal meters from any city hall or municipal building, provincial capitol building, national capitol building, public plaza, public school, church, hospital, athletic stadium, public park, or any institution of learning or of charity.
From 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight daily.
On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and on Saturdays and days preceding official holidays and town fiestas, they may be open until 2:00 a.m. of the following day.
Yes. A bowling alley located in a residential section shall not be permitted to operate after 11:00 p.m.
Minors less than 18 years of age may not participate in any game therein.
Minors under 12 years of age shall not be allowed to participate in any game therein.
No intoxicating liquor of any kind shall be sold within the premises.
No firearm or deadly weapon may be carried within the premises, except by peace officers in the due performance of official duties.
They may file a protest with the Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary of the Interior, after proper investigation, decides the case or cancels the license.
To ensure that the rules and regulations are properly observed and that peace and order is maintained at all times within the premises.
Yes. The action may be appealed to the Secretary of the Interior, whose decision shall be final.
Upon satisfactory evidence that gambling or playing of any prohibited game took place within the premises.
It is likewise sufficient cause for revocation and forfeiture of the license issued.
Not less than ten pesos per billiard or pool table or per bowling alley annually, or two pesos and fifty centavos quarterly.
Existing ordinances prescribing higher fees remain in force until otherwise provided for by the President; a city or municipal council may impose a higher fee upon approval of the President.
They are given one year’s notice within which to close, transfer, or otherwise comply, though the Secretary of the Interior with the approval of the President may authorize their continuance in special cases for justifiable reasons.