2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 5 - AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS
Section 5:2A-14 - Licensure
5:2A-14. Licensure
14. a. No promoter shall hold or conduct any public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest in the State of New Jersey without first having obtained a license from the board.
b. No person shall participate, either directly or indirectly, in any boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest, or be a holder thereof, unless the person shall have first obtained a license from the board.
The board shall license all promoters; boxers, wrestlers, extreme wrestlers, kick boxers, combative sports contestants or performers, their managers, scorers and trainers; booking agents; ring officials and other persons the board deems necessary.
c. All licenses shall be for a period of one year, unless revoked for cause, and shall be subject to the provisions of this act and to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act. Before acting upon any application for a license, the board may examine, under oath, applicants or other witnesses. All applications shall be on a form prescribed by the board. The board shall, by regulation, establish fees for the issuance or renewal of all licenses.
d. A license from the board shall not be required of any person in order to conduct or participate in professional wrestling.
L.1985,c.83,s.14; amended 1997, c.36, s.3; 2000, c.124, s.6.
