No licensee under this chapter shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the licensee, or in which the licensee is otherwise interested. No contestant in a match or exhibition shall be paid for services before the services are rendered, and, should it be determined by the judges and referee that a contestant did not give an honest exhibition of his or her skill, his or her services shall not be remunerated. History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 772, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 16, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 41-5-14; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 148.
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