(1)
(a) If any person found guilty by the
Commission or other lawful authority of giving, offering or promising directly
or indirectly, any bribe in any form to any person having official duties
inrelation to any race or racing greyhound, or to any trainer or agent, or to
any other person having charge of or access to any racing greyhound; or
promising directly or indirectly, any bribe in any form to any person having
official duties in relation to any race or racing greyhound, or to any trainer
or agent, or to any other person having charge of or access to any racing
greyhound; or
(b) If any person
having official duties inrelation to a race or if any trainer, agent or other
person having charge of or access to any racing greyhound accepts, or offers to
accept any bribe in any form; or
(c) If any person willfully enters, or cause
to be entered or start in any race, a greyhound which he knows or believes to
be disqualified; or
(d) If any
person be guilty of or shall conspire with any other person for the commission
of or shall connive with any person being guilty of any corrupt or fraudulent
practices in relation to racing in this or any other state or country;
or
(e) If any owner, trainer or
authorized agent licensed by the Commission if found to be guilty by the Judges
of using live lures in the training of greyhounds whether in Massachusetts or
adjacent States for the period while greyhound racing is permitted by law to be
conducted in Massachusetts; or
(f)
If any person fraudulently offers or receives any amount or money or other
consideration for declaring an entry out of a purse or stake; or
(g) If any person be guilty of any other
corrupt or fraudulent practices on any track in Massachusetts, or on any track
in this or any other country; or
(h) Then such person or persons found guilty
by the Commission or other lawful authority of any violation of any provision
of
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determined by the Commission and/or the license of such guilty party
revoked.
(2) No
electrical or mechanical device or other expedient designated or intended to
increase or decrease the speed of a greyhound shall be possessed by any one or
applied by any one to a meeting whether in a race or otherwise.
(3) No person shall tamper or attempt to
tamper with any greyhound in such a way as to affect his speed in a race, nor
shall he counsel or in any way aid or abet such tampering.
(4) Any greyhound that has been the subject
of corrupt practices may be disqualified by the Judges of the meeting for no
longer period than the duration of the meeting and they shall report the
circumstances to the Commission for such action as it may deem
proper.
(5) The Judges shall have
the power to declare any act which they deem to be an unfair advantage to any
or all persons engaged in the sport of racing in any way; or any act which
would tend to mislead the betting public; or any act which they deem to be
detrimental to the best interest of racing a corrupt practice and shall have
power to impose fitting punitive action and such action shall be referred to
the Commission.
(6) If any alleged
corrupt act occurs which is not provided for in
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act upon the said investigation in such manner as they find just and
conformable to the usage of the sport of greyhound racing.
