California Business and Professions Code 18640 – The commission has the sole direction, management, control of, and …
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The commission has the sole direction, management, control of, and jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. No event shall take place without the prior approval of the commission. No person shall engage in the promotion of, or participate in, a boxing or martial arts contest, match, or exhibition without a license, and except in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted hereunder.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 691, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2005.)
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 18640
- boxing: as used in this chapter includes "kickboxing" and "martial arts. See California Business and Professions Code 18760
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- License: as used in this chapter also includes a "permit". See California Business and Professions Code 18631
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21