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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE XX. PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER

CHAPTER 147. STATE AND OTHER POLICE, AND CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

LICENSED BOXING MATCHES

Chapter 147: Section 32. Necessity of license; fees; match or exhibition without license; amateur organizations

Section 32. No boxing or sparring match or exhibition for a prize or a purse, or at which an admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, in the form of dues or otherwise, shall take place or be conducted in this commonwealth except in pursuance of a license granted as hereinafter provided by the state boxing commission, in sections thirty-two to forty-seven, inclusive, called the commission. Applications for the license shall be accompanied by such fee, as established annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven on the basis of the population of the city or town or of the seating capacity of the building or place in which the match or exhibition is to be held; provided, that a license the fee for which is established on the basis of seating capacity of a building or place as aforesaid shall be exercised only in such building or place. Any persons holding, conducting, participating in or attending a match or exhibition held without a license, as provided in the following section, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both. In the case of exhibitions or bouts held in accordance with the rules and regulations of such amateur organizations as may be approved by the commission, the commission may issue special licenses without the requirement of a bond as provided in section thirty-four or of payment of the annual fee.