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4th Session, 40th Legislature

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Bill 23

THE BOXING AMENDMENT ACT

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. B80 amended

The Boxing Act is amended by this Act.

The title is replaced with " THE COMBATIVE SPORTS ACT ".

Section 1 is amended in the definition "commission" by striking out " Combative Sports Commission " and substituting " Manitoba Combative Sports Commission ".

Section 2 is amended by striking out " the name "Combative Sports Commission" " and substituting " the name "Manitoba Combative Sports Commission" ".

Section 3 is amended by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

Subsection 9(1) is amended by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

7(1)

Subsection 14(1) is amended

(

a) by replacing the

section heading with " Combative sports licences ";

(

b) in the French version, by striking out " combat " wherever it occurs and substituting " match "; and

(

c) by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

7(2)

The following is added after subsection 14(1):

No licence to be issued to a minor

14(1.1)

The commission must not issue a licence to a person who is less than 18 years of age.

8(1)

Subsection 15(1) is amended

(

a) in the French version, by striking out " combat " wherever it occurs and substituting " match "; and

(

b) by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

8(2)

Subsection 15(3) of the French version is amended by striking out " combat " and substituting " match ".

Clauses 18(1)(

b) and (

c) are amended by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

Section 19 is amended by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

Section 22 is amended

(

a) in the French version of subsection (1), by striking out " combats " and substituting " matchs "; and

(

b) in subsections (2) to (4),

(

i) in the French version, by striking out " combat " wherever it occurs and substituting " match ", and

(ii) by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

Subsection 25(1) is amended

(

a) in the French version of the

section heading and clauses (

a) and (b), by striking out " combat " and substituting " match "; and

(

b) in clauses (

a) and (b), by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

Subsection 26(1) is amended

(

a) in the French version, by striking out " combat " wherever it occurs and substituting " match "; and

(

b) by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

14(1)

Subsection 31(1) is amended

(

a) in the French version, by striking out " combats " wherever it occurs and substituting " matchs ";

(

b) by striking out " boxing " wherever it occurs and substituting " combative sports "; and

(

c) in clauses (

k) and (l), by striking out " boxers " and substituting " contestants ".

14(2)

Subsection 31(1.1) is amended

(

a) in the

section heading, by striking out " "boxing" " and substituting " "combative sports" "; and

(

b) by striking out " "boxing" as including kick-boxing " and substituting " "combative sports" as including boxing, kickboxing ".

14(3)

Subsection 31(2) is amended by striking out " boxing " and substituting " combative sports ".

Section 33 is replaced with the following:

C.C.S.M. reference

This Act may be referred to as

chapter C150.3 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba .

Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. A70

Section 1 of The Amusements Act is amended in clause (

e) of the definition "place of amusement" by striking out " a boxing or wrestling contest " and substituting " a combative sports contest, including a boxing or wrestling contest ".

Coming into force

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Boxing Act as follows:

the Act is renamed The Combative Sports Act to reflect changes in the federal Criminal Code ;

the name of the commission responsible for regulating the sport is changed to the Manitoba Combative Sports Commission;

references to "boxing" and "boxers" are changed to "combative sports" and "combative sports contestants" as a result of the federal changes;

a licence may not be issued to a minor.

A consequential amendment is made to The Amusements Act .

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