View source for Prize Fights (Offence)

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==Overview==
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; Pleadings
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; Release
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==Offence Wording==
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; Engaging in prize fight
83 (1) Every one who
:(a) engages as a principal in a prize fight,
:(b) advises, encourages or promotes a prize fight, or
:(c) is present at a prize fight as an aid, second, surgeon, umpire, backer or reporter,

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.<br>

; Definition of “prize fight”
(2) In this section, “prize fight” means an encounter or fight with fists, hands or feet between two persons who have met for that purpose by previous arrangement made by or for them, but does not include
:(a) a contest between amateur athletes in a combative sport with fists, hands or feet held in a province if the sport is on the programme of the International Olympic Committee or the International Paralympic Committee and, in the case where the province’s lieutenant governor in council or any other person or body specified by him or her requires it, the contest is held with their permission;
:(b) a contest between amateur athletes in a combative sport with fists, hands or feet held in a province if the sport has been designated by the province’s lieutenant governor in council or by any other person or body specified by him or her and, in the case where the lieutenant governor in council or other specified person or body requires it, the contest is held with their permission;
:(c) a contest between amateur athletes in a combative sport with fists, hands or feet held in a province with the permission of the province’s lieutenant governor in council or any other person or body specified by him or her; and
:(d) a boxing contest or mixed martial arts contest held in a province with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board, commission or similar body established by or under the authority of the province’s legislature for the control of sport within the province.

R.S., {{LegHistory80s|1985, c. C-46}}, s. 83; R.S., {{LegHistory80s|1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.)}}, s. 186; {{LegHistory10s|2013, c. 19}}, s. 1.
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===Draft Form of Charges===
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==Proof of the Offence==
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# the culprit either:
## {{box}} engaged "as a principal" in a fight;
## {{box}} advised, encouraged or promoted a fight; or
## {{box}} was present at a fight "as an aid, second, surgeon, umpire, backer or reporter"; and
# {{box}} the fight is a "prize fight".

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==Interpretation of the Offence==

==Participation of Third Parties==
{{seealso|Role of the Victim and Third Parties|Testimonial Aids for Young, Disabled or Vulnerable Witnesses}}

; Testimonial Aids
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==Sentencing Principles and Ranges==
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; Maximum Penalties
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; Minimum Penalties
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; Available Dispositions
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; Consecutive Sentences
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==Ancillary Sentencing Orders==
{{seealso|Ancillary Orders}}
	
; Offence-specific Orders
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; General Sentencing Orders
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; General Forfeiture Orders
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==Record Suspensions and Pardons== 
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==History==
{{quotation1|
; Engaging in prize fight
83 (1) Every one who
:(a) engages as a principal in a prize fight,
:(b) advises, encourages or promotes a prize fight, or
:(c) is present at a prize fight as an aid, second, surgeon, umpire, backer or reporter,

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
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; Definition of “prize fight”
(2) In this section, “prize fight” means an encounter or fight with fists or hands between two persons who have met for that purpose by previous arrangement made by or for them, but a boxing contest between amateur sportsmen, where the contestants wear boxing gloves of not less than one hundred and forty grams each in mass, or any boxing contest held with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board or commission or similar body established by or under the authority of the legislature of a province for the control of sport within the province, shall be deemed not to be a prize fight.
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R.S., {{LegHistory80s|1985, c. C-46}}, s. 83; R.S., {{LegHistory80s|1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.)}}, s. 186.

|[http://canlii.ca/t/51xjm#sec83 CCC]
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==See Also==
; References
* [[Pre-Trial and Trial Motions Checklist]]

[[Category:Straight Summary Offences]]