Boxing Control. [Ch. 30. No. 12.

SECTION 3.—DURATION AND NUMBER OF ROUNDS.

5. In all contests the number of rounds shall be specified anc no contest
shall exceed fifteen rounds and no round shall exceed three minutes in
duration. There shall be an interval of one minute between each round.
All championship contests shall be of fifteen rounds of three minutes each.
Time occupied by stoppages ordered by the referee during the progress of
a round shall not count as part of the time of such round.

The number of rounds of a contest agreed to by the contestants, and
contained in the articles of agreement submitted to the Board with
the application for a permit under regulation 8, shall not be changed
without the approval of the Board.

SECTION 4.—OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES.
6. At any contest the following officials shall act :—
A referee;
Two judges;
A timekeeper;
An M.C. or announcer;
Seconds.

None of whom shall be personally pecuniarily interested in the contest
whether as promoter or otherwise. This proviso shall, however, not debar
any person from officiating at a contest merely because he happens to be
a member of a club promoting the contest, provided that such club is
approved of by the Board as a purely sporting club, nor shall this proviso
apply to seconds.

The duties of these officials shall be as follows:

Referee.

He shall be the chief official during a contest and shall take his position
in or near the ring and shall exercise general supervision over a contest.
He alone shall inform the M.C. what verdict to announce and his decision
shall be final.

Prior to the start of a contest he shall—

(a) ascertain the names of each contestant’s chief second and hold
them responsible for the conduct of their assistants during a contest
and for the proper tying-on of the gloves;

(6) see that the terms of clause 3 of Section 1. and clause 4 of
Section 2, of these rules are observed;
During a contest he shall—

(c) keep an independent score of each round and at the end of
a contest give a decision if the judges disagree;

(d) order whenever necessary, by the command “Stop,” a
cessation of boxing during a round and thereafter order, by the
command “‘ Box-on,’”’ a resumption of boxing. He shall see that

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