Title 10, Health and Safety

Any person who is an expert in the art of karate or judo, or any similar physical are in which the hands and feet are used as deadly weapons, is required to register with the Department of Revenue and Taxation. SOURCE: GC § 8960, as renumbered by P.L. 10-101.

This Chapter shall not apply to duly authorized and appointed peace and law enforcement officers, nor to members of the Armed Forces of the United States. SOURCE: GC § 8961, as renumbered by P.L. 10-101.

The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall register each karate or judo expert who applies therefor and shall keep a roster of such experts. On issuance of the registration certificate by the Department of Revenue and Taxation, the applicant shall bring such certificate to the …

The fee for the registration of a karate or judo expert shall be Five Dollars ($5.00). Such registration shall be perpetual and need not be renewed. COL120106 SOURCE: GC § 8963, as renumbered by P.L. 10-101.

A karate or judo expert required to register by the provisions of this Chapter shall be a person trained in the arts of karate, judo or other hand-to- hand fighting technique, whereby the hands, feet or other parts of the body are used as weapons, who shall have completed at leas…

Any person required by this Chapter to register who fails to do so, or who registers but fails to pay the fee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. SOURCE: GC § 8965, as renumbered by P.L. 10-101; amended by P.L. 13-187.

Any registered karate or judo expert who thereafter is charged with having used his art in a physical assault on some other person, shall upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of aggravated assault. SOURCE: GC § 8966, as renumbered by P.L. 10-101; amended by P.L. 13-187. ----…