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South African Boxing Act, 2001 (Act No. 11 of 2001)

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Boxing Regulations, 2004

28. Judges

 

(1) The judges shall be seated on three sides of the ring and the timekeeper on the fourth side.

 

(2) The judges and timekeeper may not leave their seats until the bout has been completed and the decision of the outcome of the bout has been announced.

 

(3) Every judge shall independently award points to the boxers and be ready at all times to assist when requested by the referee to decide whether a foul has been committed and they may at the end of a round bring any other matter to the attention of the referee.

 

(4) At the end of a bout lasting the scheduled number of rounds the judges shall hand their scorecards to the referee.

 

(5) Only official scorecards approved and supplied by Boxing SA may be used by the judges.

 

(6) A judge shall not, while officiating, converse with any person in the audience, whether during the course of a round or during an interval between rounds.

 

(7) A judge shall not criticise in public any decision given by the referee or any other judge.

 

(8) Subject to regulation 27(5), scorecards must not be exhibited by any official to the public or discussed with the public during or after a fight.

 

(9) Judges shall comply with the code of ethics for referees and judges that may be prescribed by Boxing SA from time to time.

 

(10) No licencee shall verbally or physically abuse a judge.

 

(11) The provisions of regulation 27(13), (14) and (15) shall apply subject to the changes required by the context, to a judge: Provided .that in determining a judge's grade for a contest, the supervisory official shall consider whether his or her scoring of the contest is generally consistent with that of the other judges: Provided further that a judge shall be graded as unsatisfactory only if his or her scoring of the contest is grossly inconsistent with the scoring of the other judges.