N.J.A.C. 13:46 — RULES GOVERNING BOXING, EXTREME WRESTLING AND SPARRING EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES (Subchapter 1 to 24B)

(a) Insurance will cover professional boxers for medical, surgical and hospital care of at least $ 20,000. (b) In the event of accidental death, no less than $ 50,000 will be paid to the estate of the deceased. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-14.3 Amended by R.2001 d.438, effectiv…

The cost of insurance is to be divided equally between the promoter and the boxers appearing in a final bout and semi-final bout or bouts of equal importance and of comparable compensation. This schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin…

No professional boxing show shall be approved in New Jersey unless the accident insurance plan is met with the fullest compliance. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-14.5

Any promoter or person who holds a boxing, extreme wrestling or sparring exhibition or performance must only use tickets obtained from a printer licensed and approved by the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.1 Amended by R.2001 d.293, effective 8/20/2001. See: 33 Ne…

All tickets for a boxing show or wrestling exhibition must be accounted for on the day or night of the show or exhibition and are liable to tax if not accounted for. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.10

Newspaper reporters, photographers, telegraphers and radio and television announcers assigned to work by their recognized employers or superiors, policemen and firemen in uniform and on duty, and persons of similar vocation who are admitted free for the performance of special dut…

(a) Tickets or passes shall be provided by the promoter for principals and seconds who are engaged in a boxing show. (b) Any promoter admitting any person other than those specifically exempted without a ticket is subject to a penalty deemed proper by the Commissioner under the c…

(a) In all cases where it is reported by an inspector that a promoter has made an incorrect statement of its gate receipts, or has used tickets not appearing on the statement required by the rules of the Board, or by any mistake or subterfuge as to reduce the amount of tax due un…

Under no circumstances shall a ticket holder be passed through the gate without having the ticket separated from the stub, or be allowed to occupy a seat unless in possession of the ticket stub. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.14

All tickets issued to the working press shall be so marked and there may be no more issued than there are reservations in the established working press section. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.15

All employee tickets shall be marked "employees" and may be used by none except actual employees. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.16

No tickets of admission to any boxing or wrestling show shall be sold except the tickets declared on an official ticket manifest, supplied to the State Athletic Commission by the official licensed ticket printer. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.17 As amended, R.1982 d.398, effe…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.18 As amended, R.1982 d.398, effective 11/1/1982. See: 14 New Jersey Register 971(b), 14 New Jersey Register 1220(b). Deleted "offered for sale". Repealed by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Reg…

(a) All licenses hereunder shall be for a period of one year unless sooner revoked for cause. (b) At the time of the application for such license, the applicant shall execute and file with the Commissioner a bond to the State of New Jersey in the sum of $ 10,000 in proper form an…

Tickets shall be printed and made in such form as the Commissioner may prescribe. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.3

(a) Authorized printers shall send by mail to the Commission office, not less than seven days before a boxing show or wrestling exhibition for which the tickets have been printed, a sworn inventory of all tickets delivered to any club. (b) The inventory shall account for any over…

(a) Tickets of different prices must be printed on cardboard of different colors. (b) A promoter may issue complimentary tickets without charge to those receiving them. The promoter shall pay to the Commissioner the tax required by N.J.S.A. 5:2A-20(c)(1) on all complimentary tick…

Every ticket offered for sale shall have printed on its face the total price charged therefore and the maximum premium, not to exceed 20 percent of the ticket price or $ 3.00 whichever is greater, plus taxes at which a ticket may be resold shall be printed either in a dollar amou…

If a boxing, wrestling or sparring exhibition or performance is postponed for good reason, the Commissioner may give the promoter or permit holder permission to use the same set of tickets upon the new date set for said show. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.7

(a) Tickets of every description used for any boxing match or wrestling exhibition must be held by the promoters for six months. (b) Such tickets may be destroyed after they have been held for at least 30 days after a written application has been filed with the Commission and wri…

No exchange of tickets shall be made except at the box office, and no ticket shall be redeemed after the show has taken place. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-15.9

(a) Doormen for boxing and wrestling exhibitions shall be appointed, licensed and assigned by the Commissioner. (b) Box office employees employed at boxing or wrestling shows shall be appointed by the promoter and licensed and assigned by the State Athletic Commissioner. Notes N.…

The employment duties of doormen and box office employees are not interchangeable. Those employed as doormen shall not be licensed as box office employees. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-16.2 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New…

Doormen and box office employees shall be supervised by Commission representatives. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-16.3 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1432(a). Text deleted "and shall be held responsible fo…

(a) Amateur ABF boxing shall be conducted under the direction and rules of the Amateur Boxing Federation. (b) The New Jersey State Athletic Commission must approve each show prior to the staging of same. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.1 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1…

Tickets for amateur ABF boxing shows must be printed by printers licensed and authorized by the New Jersey Athletic Commission. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.2 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1432(a). "A…

The Commissioner shall assign an inspector to each ABF show. The inspector shall collect the State Tax and shall work closely with the ABF clerk. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.3 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Re…

The inspector must not permit an amateur ABF boxing show to proceed unless there is a doctor in attendance at ringside and an ambulance available and all safety precautions are strictly adhered to in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Chapter. Notes N.J. Admin. Cod…

Physicians at ABF shows shall be compensated by the ABF clubs unless their services are donated. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.5 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1432(a). "ABF" substituted for "AAU".…

No amateur boxing contest shall be held in conjunction with vaudeville shows, motion pictures, television shows, dances or entertainments of any sort without prior approval of the State Athletic Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.6

No amateur boxing contest shall be conducted in connection with any professional boxing or wrestling show unless written permission to do so is obtained in advance from the Commissioner, and the amateur association of which the competing amateur boxers are registered members. Not…

No permit will be granted for the purpose of holding amateur contests unless request for such permit is accompanied by sanction of the ABF. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.8 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-17.9 Repealed by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1432(a). Originally "Sale of tickets for minor contestants".

A licensed promoter will be held responsible for any failure to adhere to or enforce the rules and regulations of the State Athletic Control Board. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.1 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey …

Promoters shall not schedule less than 28 rounds of boxing for any one program unless permission is granted by the Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.10 As amended, R.1971 d.230, effective 12/30/1971. See: 3 New Jersey Register 272(a), 4 New Jersey Register 29(a). Am…

(a) Promoters shall strive to start the main event of a boxing show not later than 10:00 P.M. (b) If the semi-final or other advertised bouts have not been held they shall be put on after the main bout. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.11 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1…

(a) Copies of all boxing contracts must be filed with the office of the State Athletic Commissioner. The information contained in such contracts will be treated as confidential by the Board, the Commissioner, and all SACB personnel. For the main bout, contracts shall be filed 30 …

(a) No person, club, corporation or organization will be permitted to conduct any boxing or wrestling program under the auspices of or in conjunction with any charitable organization unless such promoting person, club, corporation or organization submits to the Commissioner or hi…

At any professional boxing program, the licensed promoter shall provide a special room where, members of the working press, radio and television broadcasters and photographers may have access to information about the program. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.14 R.1970 d.2, eff. …

(a) The Commission shall permit no more than one boxing program on any day within a 20-mile radius of the site of that program. Nevertheless, the Commissioner may permit more than one such program within the specified geographical area during a particular day under circumstances …

Licensed promoters shall post with the Commissioner a surety bond in such amount and for such time as shall be determined by the Commissioner for payments by said licensed promoter at the box office to patrons who apply for refunds on tickets already purchased when an advertised …

No licensed boxing promoter, matchmaker, manager or boxer may publicly announce or advertise that any bout or exhibition will take place unless such bout or exhibition has been formally approved by the office of the State Athletic Commissioner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.1…

All contracts between licensed boxing promoters and boxers or managers of boxers affecting or calling for the service of a boxer shall be filed with the office of the State Athletic Commissioner by such licensed boxing promoter within 48 hours after the execution of such a contra…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.19 R.1972 d.43, eff. 3/2/1972. See: 4 New Jersey Register 27(e), 4 New Jersey Register 76(a). Replaced by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1432(a). Originally "Posting of surety bond or…

Any boxing promoter who deals with an unlicensed manager may be disciplined by the Commissioner pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:46-22.1. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.2 Amended by R.1995 d.400, effective 7/17/1995. See: 27 New Jersey Register 1141(a), 27 New Jersey Register 1959(a), …

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.3 Amended by R.1985 d.284, effective 6/3/1985. See: 16 New Jersey Register 2962(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1432(a). "90" days substituted for "60". Repealed by R.2001 d.293, effective 8/20/2001. See: 33 New Jersey Register 1050(a), 33 New Jersey …

Promoters shall not permit intermissions at boxing or extreme wrestling shows to exceed five minutes subject to the approval of the Commissioner or his or her agent. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:46-18.4 Amended by R.2001 d.293, effective 8/20/2001. See: 33 New Jersey Register 1050…