Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:2A-4

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
4. a. The State Athletic Control Board shall have and exercise sole discretion, management, control and supervision over all public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing and combative sports exhibitions, events, performances and contests. The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act and for the proper discharge of its responsibilities hereunder and may prescribe and enforce penalties for the violation thereof.

b. The board shall promulgate rules that differentiate an extreme wrestler from a professional wrestler, and an extreme wrestling event from a professional wrestling event. If a person is unsure whether he or she is an extreme wrestler, or if a promoter is unsure whether the event being promoted is an extreme wrestling event, it shall be the obligation of the person or the promoter, as appropriate, to consult the board for a ruling.

L.1985,c.83,s.4; amended 2000, c.124, s.3.