Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any house, room, or place, for the use of the general public, where any billiard-tables, pool-tables, or bagatelle-boards or tables are kept for hire or reward for the use thereof, in cities of the first class in this Commonwealth, except a license therefor shall have been previously obtained as hereinafter provided: This act shall have no application to any house, room or place for the use of the general public, wherein coin-operated billiard-tables, pool-tables or bagatelle-boards or tables are located, if such coin-operated billiard-tables, pool-tables or bagatelle-boards or tables are less than regulation size, and are not the principal business activity of the premises where located.
(1 amended Aug. 14, 1963, P.L.841, No.409)