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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

shall not apply to the district road on the north-eastern
boundary of part of section eight (8), Block I, Otokia
Survey District.”;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building
shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the south-
western side of the portion of road (described in the Schedule
hereto) within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-
line of the said portion of road.

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SCHEDULE.

THE south-western side of all that portion of road situated
in the Otago Land District, County of Taieri, fronting part
Section 8, Block I, Otokia Survey District. As the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
82732, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 51/1669.)

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The Police Offences (Wrestling Contest) Regulations, 1931.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of
October, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the powers conferred by section seventy-
two of the Police Offences Act, 1927, His Excellency
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regula-
tions for the purposes of the said section.

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REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Police Offences
   (Wrestling Contest) Regulations, 1931.

2. In these regulations—

“ The said section ” means section 72 of the Police
Offences Act, 1927:

“ Inspector ” means an Inspector of Police acting under
the said section:

“ Permit ” means a permit granted by an Inspector of
Police under the provisions of the said section:

“ Wrestling Contest ” has the same meaning as in the
said section, namely,——

“ (1) For the purposes of this section the term
‘ wrestling contest ’ means any wrestling match,
wrestling competition, or wrestling exhibition for
admission to which a charge is made or at which a
collection is taken up, or at which those present are
invited or permitted to contribute money or to
deposit it in the building or elsewhere, or on the
result of which any stake, payment, or prize de-
pends.”

3. Every application for a permit shall be made in writing,
   signed by the person desiring to hold the wrestling contest
   or by a responsible officer on behalf of the association, club,
   or other body or organization desiring to hold the wrestling
   contest.

4. Every application shall be made at least seven days
   before the date on which it is proposed to hold the wrestling
   contest, and shall be made to the Inspector whose office is
   nearest to the place where it is proposed to hold the same:
   Provided that the Inspector may in his discretion entertain
   an application made less than seven days before the date
   aforesaid.

5. Every such application shall state the precise time when
   and precise place where it is proposed to hold the wrestling
   contest, and the name of the person appointed to control the
   conduct thereof as referee, and the name of every person to
   take part therein as a competitor.

6. Every permit shall, unless otherwise so expressed, operate
   as a permit to hold a wrestling contest at the time and place
   named in the application under the control of the person
   named therein in that behalf between or amongst the wrestlers
   named therein, and not further or otherwise: Provided that,
   if on account of unforeseen circumstances it is desired by
   way of alteration to hold the contest at some other time or
   place, or under the control of some other person, or between
   or amongst wrestlers one or more of whom is not named in
   the application or permit, the Inspector or any Police Officer
   authorized by him in that behalf may, on application made at
   any time prior to the contest, consent to and make such

alteration, and the permit shall thereupon operate as a permit
to hold a wrestling contest in terms of the permit as so altered.

7. Before granting a permit the Inspector may require such
   evidence as he thinks proper relating to the persons to take
   part in the contest or the wrestling rules under which the
   contest is to be conducted, and may require an undertaking
   from the applicant or the person or persons appointed to
   control the conduct of the contest, or from any other re-
   sponsible person, that such wrestling rules will be observed
   and enforced.

8. The granting or withholding of a permit shall in all cases
   be in the absolute discretion of the Inspector.

9. Every permit shall be deemed to be granted subject to
   the following conditions irrespective of the terms of any
   wrestling rules under which the contest is to be conducted:—

(a) That the contest shall be conducted in a ring not less
than 24 ft. square, and approved by the Inspector:

(b) That such ring shall be enclosed by at least four
horizontal tightly-stretched ropes the top one of
which shall be cased in leather or other suitable
material:

(c) That the bottom rope shall be not less than 12 in. or
more than 18 in. above the floor of the ring, and the
top rope shall be not less than 4 ft. 6 in. or more than
5 ft. above the floor of the ring, and the intervening
ropes shall be so placed as to provide approximately
equal intervals between each rope and the next:

(d) That the ropes shall be supported by posts rising to a
height of approximately 5 ft 3 in. above the floor of
the ring, and such posts shall be padded with felt or
other suitable material of a thickness of not less than
2 in. for their full length: Provided that this para-
graph shall not apply where the ropes are supported
on what is known as the “stakeless” principle:

(e) That the whole of the floor of the ring shall be padded
with felt or other suitable material of a thickness not
less than 1 in. and having a top cover of canvas:

(f) That every competitor shall, before engaging in a con-
test, produce to the referee for inspection by any
constable present a certificate, dated not more than
seven days previously, and signed by a medical
practitioner registered in New Zealand, to the effect
that such competitor is physically fit to compete:

(g) That no contest shall exceed eight rounds of ten minutes
each with an interval of not less than one minute
between successive rounds:

(h) That no contest other than one between professional
wrestlers shall exceed three rounds of five minutes
each with an interval of not less than one minute
between successive rounds, save that in such a contest
if each competitor has obtained one fall the referee,
if he is unable to come to a decision on points, may
order an extra round:

(i) That a fall shall be counted whenever a competitor’s
two shoulders are on the ground at the same time for
a period of three seconds: Provided that the wrestling
rules may provide in any case that submission signified
to the referee shall be counted as a fall:

(j) That a round shall end by (1) a fall; (2) a submission;
(3) effluxion of time limit, whichever occurs first.

(10) If at any time in the opinion of the senior member of
the Police present on duty at any wrestling contest there is
undue roughness or persistent wilful breach by one or more
contestants of any of the wrestling rules under which the
contest is conducted, such senior member of Police may forth-
with order the contest to be stopped and the permit shall then
become void.

(11) A permit may be in the form set out in the Schedule
hereto or to the effect thereof.

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SCHEDULE.

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PERMIT TO HOLD A WRESTLING CONTEST.

I, , Inspector of Police at , hereby grant to
permission to hold a wrestling contest at on
the day of 19 , at o’clock p.m.

This permit is granted subject to the provisions of section
72 of the Police Offences Act, 1927, and to the Police Offences
(Wrestling Contest) Regulations, 1931.

Dated this day of , 19 .

Signature : . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspector of Police.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 2/51/2.)