RACECOURSE BETTING (USE OF TOTALISATOR)  ġ S.L.78.01 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 78.01
RACECOURSE BETTING (USE OF TOTALISATOR) 
RULES
26th February, 1935
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 73 of 1935.
Title.
Totalisator) Rules.
Proper working 
order of totalisator.
2. The licensee or the person authorized by him shall take all
such steps as are necessary to secure that, so long as the totalisator
is in use, it is in proper working order and is properly operated.
Notice.
with any race, post in a conspicuous position on the track a notice
showing the minimum stake (hereinafter referred to as the "betting
unit") which will be accepted at the totalisator from persons betting
on that race:
Provided that the terms on which the licensee invites
persons to bet by means of the totalisator may include a condition
entitling the licensee to retain any sum payable to a person winning
a bet, unless the money won on the bet is claimed before such time,
not being earlier than forty-eight hours after the conclusion of the
race, or as the case may be, of the last of the races, in connection
with which the bet was made, as may have been specified in the
notice aforesaid.
Minister to appoint 
accountant.
4. The Minister responsible for the Police shall appoint a
qualified accountant, who shall be charged with the duty of
examining and certifying the accounts relating to the operation of
the totalisator, and shall appoint also an experienced technician
who shall act as technical adviser to the accountant and shall be
charged with the duty of advising him as to the condition of the
totalisator and all matters connected with the operation thereof. 
Operation of 
totalisator.
5. The totalisator shall not be operated at any time when
neither the accountant nor an employee of the accountant
authorised in that behalf by him in writing is present: 
Provided that in the case of absence of the accountant or of
the employee of the accountant owing to unforeseen and
unavoidable circumstances, it shall be lawful for the licensee to
operate the totalisator after giving notice to the senior Police
officer on duty at the racecourse, who will report the occurrence to
the Government through the Commissioner of Police.
Right of access.
respective employees authorised in that behalf in writing may, at all
reasonable times, enter the premises in which the totalisator is set
up, and examine any part of the mechanism and test and watch the
working thereof, and may require the licensee and any employee of
his to give to them all such information, and to produce to them all
such accounts, books, and other documents, as they deem necessary
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for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of these
Rules are being complied with.
(2) Every person who -
( a ) obstructs the accountant or his technical adviser or any
duly authorised employee of either of them in the
exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by sub-
rule (1); or
( b ) neglects or refuses to give to any such person as
aforesaid any such information, or to produce to him
any such document, as may have been called for by
him in pursuance of sub-rule (1); or 
( c ) knowingly gives to any such person as aforesaid any
information which is false or misleading, 
shall be guilty of an offence against these Rules. 
Statement of 
accounts.
7. The licensee shall, within seven days after the close of
each month, submit to the accountant for examination by him a
complete statement of accounts for that month in so far as they
refer to the operation of the totalisator, giving all such information
as he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
provisions of these Rules have been complied with.
Accountant to 
examine the 
statements of 
accounts.
8. The accountant shall examine the statements of accounts so
submitted to him and shall, as often as he thinks proper, consult
with his technical adviser and carry out, or cause to be carried out,
such inspections as either of them deem necessary for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the provisions of these Rules are being
complied with, and shall forthwith make a report to the President of
Malta if he has reason to believe that the totalisator no longer
complies with the prescribed conditions, or is not being kept in
proper working order, or is not being properly operated, or if in his
opinion any of the provisions of these Rules are not being complied
with.
Accountant to 
audit the accounts.
9. Without prejudice to his duties under the preceding rules,
the accountant shall, as soon as may be after the close of each
calendar year, audit the accounts of the licensee for the year in so
far as they refer to the operation of the totalisator, and, if such be
the fact, shall certify thereon that satisfactory statements of
accounts have been submitted to him monthly in accordance with
the provisions of rule 7 and have been examined by him, and that to
the best of his information and belief, formed after consultation
with his technical adviser, the accounts for the year are complete
and accurate and the totalisator complies with the prescribed
conditions and has throughout the year been maintained in proper
working order and properly operated in accordance with the
provisions of these Rules; and the licensee shall forthwith cause the
accounts and certificate to be printed and shall transmit two copies
thereof to the Minister responsible for the Police, who shall cause
one of those copies to be deposited at the offices of the licensee for
inspection at any time during office hours by any member of the
public free of charge.
