Section 46 Rules and regulations; special permits; annual report - Massachusetts Statutes

[ Text of section effective until February 28, 2010. For text effective February 28, 2010, see below.]

  Section 46. The chairman, in consultation with the other members of the commission, may make such rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of sections thirty-two to forty-seven, inclusive, as he may deem necessary, subject to the approval of the governor and council. Such rules and regulations may provide for and regulate the granting of a special permit for exhibitions where no decision is to be rendered and where a skilled boxer or boxers merely demonstrate the science of boxing. The commission through the commissioner shall make an annual report to the general court of the acts of the commission.

Chapter 147: Section 46. Rules and regulations; special permits; annual report

[ Text of section as amended by 2009, 169, Sec. 9 effective February 28, 2010. For text effective until February 28, 2010, see above.]

  Section 46. The commission may make such rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of sections 32 to 50A, inclusive, and to promote and regulate the sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and other unarmed combative sports, as deemed necessary, including defining any terms requiring definition under said sections 32 to 50A, inclusive. The rules and regulations may provide for and regulate the granting of special permits for exhibitions where no decision is to be rendered, no admission fee is to be charged and where skilled combatants merely demonstrate the mechanics of their respective discipline. The commission shall make an annual report in January to the general court of the acts of the commission.