Rigging of Public Exhibitions; Defined; Failure to Report; Soliciting Punishment

(a) A person commits a misdemeanor if, with intent to prevent a publicly exhibited contest from being conducted in accordance with the rules and usages purporting to govern it, he: (1) confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon, or threatens any injury to a participant, official or other person associated with the contest or exhibition; or (2) tampers with any person, animal or thing. (b) A person commits a misdemeanor if he knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit the giving of which would be criminal under Subsection (a). (c) A person commits a petty misdemeanor if he fails to report, with reasonable promptness, a solicitation to accept any benefit or to do any tampering, the giving or doing of which would be criminal under Subsection (a). SOURCE: *M.P.C. § 224.9; Cal. §§ 1500-1525 (1971); Mass. ch. 266, § 34(d)(3); 35(d)(e); N.J. § 2C:21-11. COMMENT: A new Section. This Section is provided not in repose to an apparent need, but for its prophylactic effect. However, this Section would deal directly with cases of dog-doping at the Greyhound Track. 2024 NOTE: Subsection designation added pursuant to the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.