South African Boxing Act, 2001 (Act No. 11 of 2001)RegulationsBoxing Regulations, 200428. Judges |
| (1) | The judges shall be seated on three sides of the ring and the timekeeper on the fourth side. |
| (2) | The judges and timekeeper may not leave their seats until the bout has been completed and the decision of the outcome of the bout has been announced. |
| (3) | Every judge shall independently award points to the boxers and be ready at all times to assist when requested by the referee to decide whether a foul has been committed and they may at the end of a round bring any other matter to the attention of the referee. |
| (4) | At the end of a bout lasting the scheduled number of rounds the judges shall hand their scorecards to the referee. |
| (5) | Only official scorecards approved and supplied by Boxing SA may be used by the judges. |
| (6) | A judge shall not, while officiating, converse with any person in the audience, whether during the course of a round or during an interval between rounds. |
| (7) | A judge shall not criticise in public any decision given by the referee or any other judge. |
| (8) | Subject to regulation 27(5), scorecards must not be exhibited by any official to the public or discussed with the public during or after a fight. |
| (9) | Judges shall comply with the code of ethics for referees and judges that may be prescribed by Boxing SA from time to time. |
| (10) | No licencee shall verbally or physically abuse a judge. |
| (11) | The provisions of regulation 27(13), (14) and (15) shall apply subject to the changes required by the context, to a judge: Provided .that in determining a judge's grade for a contest, the supervisory official shall consider whether his or her scoring of the contest is generally consistent with that of the other judges: Provided further that a judge shall be graded as unsatisfactory only if his or her scoring of the contest is grossly inconsistent with the scoring of the other judges. |