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Section 31

Agreements by way of wager void

of Contracts Act 1950

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Section 31
(1)

Agreements by way of wager are void; and no suit shall be brought for recovering anything alleged to be won on any wager, or entrusted to any person to abide the result of any game or other uncertain event on which any wager is made.

Exception in favour of certain prizes for horse racing

(2)

This section shall not be deemed to render unlawful a subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute, made or entered into for or toward any plate, prize, or sum of money, of the value or amount of five hundred ringgit or upwards, to be awarded to the winner or winners of any horse race.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to legalise any transaction connected with horse racing forbidden by any written law.