Title

PRIZE FIGHTS

Proposition Summary

Initiative act amending Penal Code. Prohibits the engaging in or furthering in any way prize fights or remunerative boxing exhibitions, training therefor, or betting thereon; the conducting, participating in or witnessing any boxing exhibitions on Memorial Day or Sunday; authorizes regulated four-round amateur boxing exhibitions unless prohibited by ordinance; provides for arrest of persons about to promote or participate in prohibited contests and requires bond against committing offense; declares sell-incrimination no disqualification of witness; prohibits his prosecution for offense disclosed; authorizes conviction upon accomplice's uncorroborated testimony; prescribes penalties.

Proposition Number

46

Year

1914

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 413741; A: 55.8; N: 327569; B: 44.2

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Penal Code sections 412, 413, 413 1/2. Added Cal. Penal Code section 414a.

For Author

Nathan Newby

Against Author

D. P. Regan, State Senator Eighteenth District

Recommended Citation

PRIZE FIGHTS California Proposition 46 (1914).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/79