Technical & Competition Rules - Amateur Boxing Scotland

and 3 Jury members shall discuss any further recommendations to the Disciplinary
Commission regarding sanctioning the Referee & Judge.
4.5.3. If an offi cial appointed for a contest is absent, the Chairperson may appoint from the roll
of approved offi cials a suitable member to replace the absent member, reporting this
change to the Executive Committee or Continental Confederation concerned as soon
as it may be possible.
4.5.4. If circumstances should arise which would militate against the holding of a contest
under proper conditions and if a Referee should take no effi cient action concerning
the situation, the Chairperson may order boxing to cease until it may be satisfactorily
resumed.
4.5.5. The Chairperson may also take any immediate action as they may consider necessary
to deal with circumstances which would militate against the proper conduct of boxing at
any session.
4.5.6. Should the boxer be guilty of a serious and deliberate offence that is contrary to the
spirit of sportsmanship, the Chairperson, the referee, the jury, an ITO and the EC
Bureau have has the right to recommend to the Disciplinary Commission for possible
sanction.
4.5.7. The Jury members may not act as such in bouts involving boxers from their own
countries.
4.6. Overruling the Referee
A decision of a Referee may be overruled by the Chairperson when the Referee has given a decision
which is clearly against the AIBA Articles and Rules. When considering such an incident, the Jury
members may use a video tape recording of the incident.
4.7. Confl ict of Interest
Jury members offi ciating at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, AIBA Challenge
Matches and Continental Championships shall not offi ciate as Referees & Judges at those Games
or Championships.
4.8. Neutrality
Jury members at international boxing tournaments shall come from different countries.
4.9. Results must be displayed in a “Running Score”. The AIBA Scoring System operator shall supply an
immediate evaluation of the Judges’ results in each bout to the Jury members.
RULE 5. RULES FOR BOTH REFEREES & JUDGES
5.1. Designation and Neutrality
To ensure neutrality, the names of the Referee and of the fi ve Judges for each contest shall be
selected by a Computerized Software Program and/or a Draw Commission.
5.1.1. Each of such offi cials shall be an approved Referee & Judge.
5.1.2. Each of such offi cials shall be of a different country and Federation from each other and
from each of the boxers taking part in the contest.
5.1.3. Each of such offi cials shall not be a national of or resident in any country which is a
dominion, colony or dependency of the country of any of the boxers taking part in the
contest.
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