2011 California Code
Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400 - 22948.7]
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions
Section 18625
Contest and match are synonymous, may be used interchangeably, include boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts exhibitions, and mean a fight, prizefight, boxing contest, pugilistic contest, kickboxing contest, martial arts contest, or sparring match, between two or more persons, where full or partial contact is used or intended that may result or is intended to result in physical harm to the opponent. In any exhibition or sparring match, the opponents are not required to use their best efforts.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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