Guam Administrative Code

§ 4906. Conduct of Chief Second and Assistant Seconds; Instructions to Unarmed Combatants by Referee. The referee shall, before starting a contest or exhibition, ascertain from each unarmed combatant the name of his chief second, and shall hold the chief second responsible for th…

§ 4907. Limitations on Seconds. (a) No unarmed combatant may have more than three (3) seconds, except that in a contest for a world title, or in a special event, the Commission may authorize four (4) seconds. (b) Only one (1) of the seconds may be inside the ring ropes during a p…

§ 4908. Duties of Ringside Physician. (a) The ringside physician designated by the Commission shall sit at the immediate ringside at every contest or exhibition. A contest or exhibition may not proceed unless the ringside physician is in his seat at ringside. The ringside physici…

§ 4909. Warning Before Start of Round. Ten (10) seconds before the beginning of each round, the timekeeper shall give warning to the seconds of the unarmed combatants by blowing a whistle.

§ 4910. Duration of Round. (a) A round of unarmed combat, other than the final round, includes a period of unarmed combat and a period of rest that follows immediately after the period of unarmed combat. The final round of unarmed combat includes only a period of unarmed combat. …

§ 4911. Persons Allowed in Ring. (a) No persons other than the unarmed combatants and the referee may be in the ring or, if the contest or exhibition is being held in a fenced area, in the fenced area, during the progress of a period of unarmed combat. (b) The referee may, in his…

§ 4912. Fair Blow in Boxing. 61 A fair blow in boxing is one (1) delivered with the padded knuckle part of the glove on the front or side of the head, or the front or side of the body above the belt.…

§ 4913. Acts Constituting Fouls in Boxing. The following acts constitute fouls in boxing: (a) Hitting below the belt. (b) Hitting an opponent who is down or is getting up after being down. (c) Holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other. (d) Holding or deliberate…

§ 4914. Duties of Referee; Warnings; Deduction of Points; Disqualification. (a) A referee is responsible for enforcing the rules of the contest or exhibition. He shall not permit unfair practices that may cause injuries to an unarmed combatant. (b) The referee shall warn the unar…

§ 4915. Fouls: Deduction of Points; Effect of Low Blow. (a) If an unarmed combatant fouls his opponent during a contest or exhibition, or commits any other infraction, the referee may penalize him by deducting points from his score, whether or not the foul or infraction was inten…

§ 4916. Fouls: Disqualification; Withholding of Purse. An unarmed combatant guilty of a foul in a contest or exhibition may be disqualified by the referee and his purse ordered withheld by a Commissioner, or the Commission’s representative. Disposition of the purse and the penalt…

§ 4917. Fouls: Intentional. (a) If the referee determines that a contest or exhibition may not continue because of an injury caused by an intentional foul, the unarmed combatant who committed the intentional foul loses by disqualification. (b) If the referee determines that a con…

§ 4918. Fouls: Accidental. (a) If a contest or exhibition is stopped because of an accidental foul, the referee shall determine whether the unarmed combatant who has been fouled can continue or not. If the unarmed combatant’s chance of winning has not been seriously jeopardized a…

§ 4919. Determination to Stop Contest or Exhibition: Injury to Unarmed Combatant. The referee shall determine whether a contest or exhibition should be stopped because of an injury to an unarmed combatant.

§ 4920. Determination to Stop Contest or Exhibition: One- sided Contest or Exhibition; Risk of Serious Injury. The referee may stop a contest or exhibition at any stage if he considers it too one-sided, or if either unarmed combatant is in such a condition that to continue might …

§ 4921. Determination to Stop Contest or Exhibition: Unarmed Combatant Not Honestly Competing. If the referee decides that an unarmed combatant is not honestly competing, he may stop the contest or exhibition before its scheduled completion, disqualify the unarmed combatant and r…

§ 4922. Leaving Ring During Period of Rest Prohibited; Effect of Failure to Resume Competition. An unarmed combatant shall not leave the ring or, if the contest or exhibition is being held in a fenced area, the fenced area, during any period of rest that follows a period of unarm…

§ 4923. Gloves to be Wiped by Referee After Fall of 66 Unarmed Combatant. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), before an unarmed combatant may resume competing after having been knocked down or having fallen or slipped to the floor of the ring, the referee shall wi…

§ 4924. Procedure for Counting; Knockdown; Knockout; Technical Draw. (a) When an unarmed combatant is knocked down, the referee shall order the opponent to retire to the farthest neutral corner of the ring, by pointing to the corner, and shall immediately begin the count over the…

§ 4925. Resumption of Count in Certain Circumstances. (a) If a knockdown occurs before the normal termination of a period of unarmed combat and the unarmed combatant who is down stands up before the count of ten (10) is reached and then 68 falls down immediately without being str…

§ 4926. Adjudication of Technical Knockout. (a) If a contest or exhibition is terminated because an unarmed combatant is: (1) unable to continue; (2) not honestly competing; (3) injured; or (4) disqualified, it may be adjudged a technical knockout to the credit of the winner. (b)…

§ 4927. Treatment of Unarmed Combatant after Knockout or Technical Knockout; Placement on Ill and Unavailable List; Reinstatement. (a) An unarmed combatant who has been knocked out must be kept in a prone position until he has recovered. Except for the referee or chief second who…

§ 4928. Procedure When Unarmed Combatant has Fallen Through or Been Knocked Through Ropes. (a) An unarmed combatant who has been knocked or has fallen through the ropes and over the edge of the ring platform during a contest or exhibition: (1) may not be helped back by anyone exc…

§ 4929. Determination of Whether Unarmed Combatant is Down; Effect of Hanging Onto or Being Held Up By Ropes. (a) An unarmed combatant shall be deemed to be down when: (1) any part of his body other than his feet is on the floor; or (2) he is hanging over the ropes without the ab…

§ 4930. Announcement of Winner. At the termination of each contest or exhibition that was judged, the announcer shall announce the winner and the referee shall raise the hand of the winner.

§ 4931. Change of Decision After Contest or Exhibition; Factors Considered by Commission. The Commission will not change a decision rendered at the end of any contest or exhibition, unless: (a) the Commission determines that there was collusion affecting the result of the contest…

§ 4932. Physician’s Report to Commission after Contest or Exhibition; Contents. The physician designated by the Commission shall file a report after a contest or exhibition. The report must list each case in which an unarmed combatant: (a) was injured during the contest or exhibi…

§6100. Fees for Weights and Measures. For Scales: (a) From one (1) to thirty (30) pounds weight capacity $ 2.00 (b) Over thirty (30) pounds to one hundred (100) pounds weight capacity 3.00 (c) Over one hundred (100) pounds to five hundred (500) pounds weight capacity 5.00 (d) Ove…

§6100. Fees for Weights and Measures. For Scales: (a) From one (1) to thirty (30) pounds weight capacity $ 2.00 (b) Over thirty (30) pounds to one hundred (100) pounds weight capacity 3.00 (c) Over one hundred (100) pounds to five hundred (500) pounds weight capacity 5.00 (d) Ove…

§ 7601. Definitions. (a) Games of Chance. Games of chance are limited to the following and will be clearly defined in the bid packets provided to the vendors: (1) Beto Beto (2) Color Game (3) Big & Small (4) Poker, to include, but not be limited to, Texas Hold’em (5) Pusoy (6) Ba…

§ 7602. Protocol for Authorization, Procurement of Vendors, Projected Revenues, Security Protocol, and Maintenance Plan. Authorization for games of chance shall be pursuant to these rules and regulations and upon the issuance of a proclamation by I Magaʹhågan Guåhan. SOURCE: Adde…

§ 7603. Procurement of Vendors. Bids for games of chance shall be opened publicly and read out loud at an announced date and time. Vendors shall be selected through a sealed-bid process with the successful bidders being both in good standing with the Department of Revenue and Tax…

§ 7604. Number of Vendors; Limited. The number of allowable vendors for each type of game of chance and carnival games are listed below: (a) House of Cards - two (2) (b) Beto Beto - two (2) (c) Color Game - four (4) (d) Big & Small - two (2) (e) Carnival Games - fifty (50). SOURC…

§ 7605. Vendor; Minimum Bid. (a) House of Cards Minimum Bid – Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) each (b) Beto Beto Minimum Bid – Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each (c) Color Game Minimum Bid – Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500) each (d) Big & Small Minimum …

§ 7606. Projected Revenue. The projected revenue is dependent upon the number of vendors that actually participate. A preliminary forecast assumes that each of the available number of slots is awarded at the minimum bid level for the games of chance only which would yield Five Hu…

§ 7607. Security Protocol. In order to ensure that no person under the age of twenty-one (21) will be allowed to partake in the games of chance inside the House of Cards, and to minimize the exposure of persons under the age of twenty-one (21) to these games, each vendor will be …

§ 7608. Maintenance Plan. The Guam Island Fair and Liberation Day Carnival will implement a zero waste policy. Sorting stations will be placed throughout the grounds so that items can be separated for recycling and proper disposal. Food waste will be provided to local pig farmers…

§ 7609. Licensing: General Provisions. (a) Every qualified individual or organization that has been awarded an opportunity to operate games of chance or carnival games at the Guam Island Fair and Liberation Day Carnival must obtain a business license for operation from the Depart…

§ 7610. Licensing: Registration Form. Registration for a business license shall be upon a form supplied by the Department of Revenue and Taxation. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 35-010:1 (May 3, 2019) as § 3.2 of Exhibit A, renumbered pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.…

§ 7611. Applications: Application for Business License; Fees. (a) Each individual or organization requesting a business license to operate at the Guam Island Fair and Liberation Day Carnival shall complete an application provided by the Department of Revenue and Taxation and prov…

§ 7612. Applications: Approval. No business license shall entitle any organization to hold, operate or conduct, or assist in holding, operating or conducting of, any game or games of chance outside of the official times and locations of operation for the Guam Island Fair and Libe…

§ 7613. General Conduct of Games of Chance: Participant, Employee; Restriction Minimum Age. No licensee shall permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to participate in any games of chance located outside of the House of Cards. In order to enter the House of Cards, …

§ 7614. General Conduct of Games of Chance: Member in Charge of Conduct of Games. (a) The officers of a licensee shall designate a bona fide, active member to be in charge of, and primarily responsible for, the conduct of the game of chance on each occasion. (b) The member in cha…

§ 7615. General Conduct of Games of Chance: Operation; Rules. All games of chance shall be fully defined and described in bid packets. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 35-010:1 (May 3, 2019) as § 5.3 of Exhibit A, renumbered pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.…

§ 7616. General Conduct of Games of Chance: Operation; Times. (a) Games of chance shall operate on Monday to Thursday from 4:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., on Friday from 4:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m., on Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 am, and on Sundays from 12:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Saturday ho…

§ 7617. General Conduct of Games of Chance: Operation; Location. Any games of chance shall only operate on the official grounds of the Guam Island Fair and Liberation Day Carnival, as specified by the official proclamation of the Governor of Guam authorizing the games of chance a…

§ 7618. Compliance: Compliance Officers; Access to Games of Chance. The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall have two (2) Compliance Officers present on the grounds at all times of operation. Compliance Officers shall have unfettered access to all areas of operations of the g…

§ 7619. Compliance: Cash Control Sheets and Reporting Forms. Each individual Game of Chance Booth shall utilize the Cash Control Report Sheets in the form depicted in Attachments “A” and “B” to these Rules that are fully incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth…

§ 7620. Conduct of Traditional Bingo. (a) Bingo; Prohibition of Electronic Minding Devices and Card Minding Devices. No licensee shall permit the use of electronic minding devices or card minding devices while operating bingo. (b) Operation. (1) All bingo games shall be played on…

§ 7621. Conduct of House of Cards. (a) Participant, Employee; Restriction Minimum Age. No licensee shall permit any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to enter or participate in any games of chance within the House of Cards. This shall include that no one under the age…