21-1801: Prohibition of prize fighting and wrestling
matches;
exceptions; penalties.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall send or cause
to be sent, publish or otherwise make known any challenge to fight what
is commonly known as a prize fight, or engage in any public boxing,
sparring or wrestling match, exhibition or contest with or without
gloves of any kind, for any prize, reward or compensation, or at which
any admission fee is charged or received, either directly or indirectly,
or go into training preparatory to such fight, exhibition, match or
contest, or act as trainer for any person or persons contemplating
participation in such fight, exhibition or contest, or act as aider,
abettor, backer, umpire, trainer, second, surgeon, assistant, reporter
or attendant at such fight, exhibition, match or contest, or in any
preparation
for the same, nor shall any owner or lessee of any grounds, lots,
building, hall or structure of any kind permit the same to be used for
such fight, exhibition, match or contest.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any fight,
exhibition, match or contest conducted under a license issued by the athletic
commission pursuant to the
Kansas professional regulated sports act, and amendments thereto,
sanctioned by the national association
of intercollegiate
athletics, national collegiate athletic association, amateur athletic
union of the United States, golden gloves association of America or
national junior college athletic association or conducted under the
control of the Kansas state high school activities association.
(c) Any violation of the provisions of this section is a class A nonperson
misdemeanor.
History: L. 1901, ch. 274, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 212, § 1; R.S.
1923, 21-1801; L. 1925, ch. 255, § 4; L. 1933, ch. 280, § 3; L. 1979,
ch. 88, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 89, § 27;
L. 1992, ch. 239, § 31;
L. 1993, ch. 291, § 14;
L. 2004, ch. 88, § 17; July 1.
21-1802: Procedure upon arrest of person about to commit offense;
inquiry; bond of accused.
Any judge having power to issue warrants in criminal cases, to whom it
shall be made to appear by affidavit or complaint that there is reasonable
ground to believe that any offense specified in K.S.A. 21-1801 is about to
be committed within the jurisdiction of such judge, or by any person or
persons being within such jurisdiction, shall issue a warrant to the
sheriff, marshal or other proper officer for the arrest of the person or
persons about to commit such offense. Upon any person or persons being
arrested and brought before such judge by virtue of such warrant, such
judge shall inquire into the matter, and if it appears that there is
reasonable ground to believe that the person or persons so arrested are
about to commit any offense defined in K.S.A. 21-1801, the person or
persons so arrested shall be required to give a bond to the state of Kansas
in a sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000), with good and sufficient surety, conditioned
that the person or persons so arrested will not, for one (1) year
thereafter, commit any such offense.
History: L. 1901, ch. 274, § 2; R.S. 1923, 21-1802; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 8;
July 1.
21-1803: Duty of officers when offense about to be committed under
21-1801; penalty for failure.
When any sheriff, marshal or other police officer has reason to believe
or has knowledge of facts sufficient to induce the belief that any person
within the municipality over which the jurisdiction of such sheriff,
marshal or other police officer extends is about to commit any offense
defined in K.S.A. 21-1801, he shall forthwith arrest such person, and take
him before any judge mentioned in K.S.A. 21-1802, as amended, and give
notice to the county or district attorney for the county in which such
offense is about to be committed, who shall immediately attend before such
officer, and, upon the proper affidavit or complaint being filed, prosecute
such cause; and the subsequent proceedings in such cause shall be the same
as those provided in K.S.A. 21-1802, as amended. The failure or neglect of
any sheriff, marshal or other police officer to perform any duty imposed
upon him by the provisions of this act shall work a forfeiture of his
office, and it shall be the duty of the county or district attorney for
such county to cause such forfeiture to be adjudged and such officer
removed from his office, by a proper civil action brought for that purpose
in the district court of such county.
History: L. 1901, ch. 274, § 3; R.S. 1923, 21-1803; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 9;
July 1.