2011 Official Rule Book - New England Pinto Horse Association

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or entry fee, stall fees and/or office charges connected with
the exhibition of Pintos, such person, whether member or nonmember
may be put on a “cash only” basis by the Executive
Vice-President or such other person as authorized by the
President or Executive Committee.
C. Every member and every non-member who violates in any
manner the Constitution, Bylaws, or Rules and Regulations
of the Association; whose practices in the breeding of Pinto
horses or in supplying information for the Association’s
records; or whose conduct has endangered or may endanger
in good order, welfare or credit of the Association; or who is
convicted in a court of law for cruelty to animals and upon
submission of certified evidence of such conviction from
any court, may be censured, suspended or, in the case of a
member, expelled from membership in the Association and
denied all privileges of the Association, including, without
limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the privilege of
registrations or change in ownership of Pinto horses, ponies,
miniatures on the records of the Association by the Executive
Committee.
D. Ownership of an issued Registration Certificate remains
with the Association. Such Registration Certificate is issued
in reliance upon the information provided on the written
application submitted and attested by the owner at the time
of foaling or registration; and upon the express condition that
the Association has the privilege to correct and/or cancel
the certificate for cause under its rules and regulations. No
person shall refuse an Association request for the return of a
Registration Certificate, either before, after or pending hearing
to determine registration participation privilege in Associationapproved
events. The Association may retain possession of a
certificate pending resolution of the matter for which the return
of the certificate was requested.
B9. Fraudulent Practices
A. No person shall represent any animal owned or managed by
him/her to be registered with the PtHA when it is not.
B. No person, firm or corporation shall issue, sell, exchange, give
away or receive, or offer to any thereof, any false or fraudulent
certificate representing same to be a genuine official certificate
issued by the Association.
C. No person shall advertise, or enter in any Pinto horse event
or competition any Pinto registered with the Association by a
name other than that by which it is registered.
D. No change in or alteration of a Registration Certificate or listing
or identification required by the Association shall be made
except by the Association or its official representative upon
proper showing of the necessity for such change or alteration
by reason of change in color or markings, mistake or the
like; nor shall any person display or advertise or have in his/
her possession any such certificate that has been changed
or altered otherwise, other than by the Association or on its
authority.
E. No person shall alter in any way, change or attempt to hide
or alter the natural markings of a horse, pony or miniature, by
surgery, dye or in any other manner.
F. No person shall represent as a registered Pinto any horse,
pony, miniature other than the horse, pony, miniature, for which
said certificate was issued.
B10. Disciplinary Procedures
A. Any member may be disciplined, suspended, fined or expelled
from the Association, and any member or non-member may
be denied any and all privileges of the Association, or any
Registration Certificate may be canceled whenever it shall have
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