15 USC 6309 - Enforcement

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

§ 6309.

Enforcement

(a)

Injunctions

(b)

Criminal penalties

(1)

Managers, promoters, matchmakers, and licensees

(2)

Violation of antiexploitation, sanctioning organization, or disclosure provisions

Any person who knowingly violates any provision of section 6307a(b),¹ 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than—

(A)

$100,000; and

(B)

if a violation occurs in connection with a professional boxing match the gross revenues for which exceed $2,000,000, an additional amount which bears the same ratio to $100,000 as the amount of such revenues compared to $2,000,000, or both.

(3)

Conflict of interest

(4)

Boxers

(c)

Actions by States

Whenever the chief law enforcement officer of any State has reason to believe that a person or organization is engaging in practices which violate any requirement of this chapter, the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of its residents in an appropriate district court of the United States—

(1)

to enjoin the holding of any professional boxing match which the practice involves;

(2)

to enforce compliance with this chapter;

(3)

to obtain the fines provided under subsection (b) or appropriate restitution; or

(4)

to obtain such other relief as the court may deem appropriate.

(d)

Private right of action

(e)

Enforcement against Federal Trade Commission, State Attorneys General, etc.

Nothing in this chapter authorizes the enforcement of—

(1)

any provision of this chapter against the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Attorney General, or the chief legal officer of any State for acting or failing to act in an official capacity;

(2)

subsection (d) of this section against a State or political subdivision of a State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof; or

(3)

section 6307b of this title against a boxer acting in his capacity as a boxer.

(Pub. L. 104–272, § 18, formerly § 10, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3312; renumbered § 18 and amended Pub. L. 106–210, §§ 4(1), 6, May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322, 326.)

cite as: 15 USC 6309