Hawaii Revised Statutes 440. Boxing Contests
- 440-1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: "Amateur boxing contest" is one in which no contestant has boxed with or against a professional boxer or another...
- 440-2 Commission Established.
There shall be a board which shall be known as the state boxing commission of Hawaii. The commission shall consist of five members. At...
- 440-3 and 440-4 Repealed.
L 1992, c 202, §§191, 192.
- 440-5 Deputy Commissioners.
The director may appoint deputy commissioners; provided that the director has the approval of the commission prior to any appointment. The director may remove...
- 440-6 Rules.
The commission may adopt, amend, and repeal rules that it considers necessary or expedient for the conduct of its business and the regulation of...
- 440-7 Other Employees.
Subject to chapter 76, the department of commerce and consumer affairs may employ clerks, inspectors, and other employees as it deems necessary. [L 1929,...
- 440-8 Authority to Subpoena Witnesses, to Administer Oaths and Penalties.
The chairperson or the executive officer may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before the commission, with the same effect as if the...
- 440-8.5 Powers and Duties of the Commission.
In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to provide for the...
- 440-9 Jurisdiction of Commission.
(a) The commission is vested with the sole jurisdiction, direction, management, and control over all professional and amateur boxing, to be conducted, held, or...
- 440-10 Licenses, Promoters.
(a) Any individual or club may apply to the commission for a license to conduct, hold, or give professional boxing contests. The application shall...
- 440-11 Requirements to Hold a Boxing Contest.
(a) The application for a license to promote professional boxing contests shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in rules adopted by the...
- 440-12 Licenses, Participants.
(a) Any individual may apply to the commission for a license to act as a physician, referee, judge, matchmaker, manager, timekeeper, second, or professional...
- 440-13 License Fees.
(a) License fees shall be paid annually to the State by every applicant to whom a license is issued to participate in the conduct...
- 440-14 Licenses, Limitations, Renewals.
(a) No boxing contest shall be conducted, held, or given unless all the parties participating, as designated herein, are licensed by the commission, and...
- 440-15 Receipts and Reports Thereon.
(a) Every individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests, within seventy-two hours after the determination of every boxing...
- 440-16 Failure to Report Receipts.
Whenever any individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests fails to make a report of any boxing contest...
- 440-17 Admission Tickets.
All tickets of admission to any boxing contest for which admission fees are charged and received shall have printed clearly upon the face thereof...
- 440-18 Inspectors; Duties.
The commission shall appoint official representatives designated as inspectors, each of whom shall receive from the commission a card or badge authorizing the person...
- 440-19 Referees; Duties.
(a) At each boxing contest there shall be in attendance a duly licensed referee designated by the commission, who shall direct and control the...
- 440-20 Judges; Duties.
The boxing commission may in its discretion appoint two judges to act with the referee in rendering a decision or three judges to act...
- 440-21 Physician; Duties.
Every individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests shall have in attendance at every boxing contest at least...
- 440-22 Sham Boxing Contest; Forfeiture of License.
Any individual or club who conducts, holds, or gives or participates in any sham or fake boxing contest, knowing the same to be a...
- 440-23 Sham Boxing Contest; Penalty Against Contestant.
Any contestant who knowingly participates in any sham or false boxing contest shall be suspended by the boxing commission for not less than twelve...
- 440-24 Number of Rounds.
The commission, with respect to any boxing contest or with respect to any class of contestants, may limit the number of rounds of a...
- 440-25 Repealed.
L 2004, c 135, §25.
- 440-26 Repealed.
L 1983, c 241, §20.
- 440-27 Financial Interest in Contestant Prohibited.
(a) No commission member or staff, appointee, or any individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests, nor any...
- 440-28 Wages of Contestant; Prepayment Prohibited.
All moneys paid to a contestant for services, as money prize, reward, compensation, or otherwise, shall be considered wages. No contestant shall be paid...
- 440-29 Limit of Weight Difference Between Contestants.
No boxing contest shall be allowed in which the difference in weight between the respective contestants exceeds the limits which the boxing commission prescribes...
- 440-30 Control and Supervision of Amateur Boxing Contest.
Amateur boxing contests may be placed by the boxing commissioner under the control and supervision of any recognized national amateur athletic association whose standing...
- 440-31 Persons Barred As Amateur Contestants.
No person shall appear as a contestant in amateur boxing contests who prior thereto has received any compensation or monetary reward in any form...
- 440-32 Amateur Contestants Entitled to Medals and Trophies Only.
A medal or trophy may be awarded to each contestant in an amateur boxing contest not to exceed in value the sum of $35...
- 440-33 Disposition of Receipts.
All moneys received by the boxing commission shall be deposited by the director of commerce and consumer affairs with the director of finance to...
- 440-34 Violations; Penalty.
Any individual or club in violation of this chapter or the rules of the commission shall be fined not more than $5,000 for each...
- 440-34.5 Summary Disciplinary Action.
The commission may fine, withhold purse money or fees, and issue immediate temporary suspensions of not more than sixty days against a licensee for...
- 440-35 Not to Apply to Army, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, or Police Activities League.
This chapter shall not apply to any boxing contest held as a recreational activity by Army, Air Force, Navy, or National Guard personnel, or...
- 440-36 Revocation; Suspension; Fine.
(a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the commission shall have the power to revoke or suspend the license of any...
- 440-37 Cumulative Penalties.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available...
Last modified: October 27, 2016