2C:21-11. Rigging publicly exhibited contest
Rigging Publicly Exhibited Contest. a. A person commits a crime if,
with purpose to prevent a publicly exhibited contest from being
conducted in accordance with the rules and usages which govern it, he:
(1) Confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon, or threatens
any injury to a participant, official or other person associated with
the contest or exhibition; or
(2) Tampers with any person, animal or thing.
b. Soliciting or accepting benefit for rigging. A person commits a crime
if he knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit the
giving of which would be criminal under subsection a.
c. If the benefit offered, conferred, agreed to be conferred, solicited,
accepted or agreed to be accepted in violation of subsections a. and b.
of this section is $75,000.00 or more, the offender is guilty of a
crime of the second degree. If the benefit exceeds $1,000.00, but is
less than $75,000.00, the offender is guilty of a crime of the third
degree. If the benefit is $1,000.00 or less, the offender is guilty of a
crime of the fourth degree.
d. Failure to report solicitation for rigging. A person commits a
disorderly persons offense if he fails to report, with reasonable
promptness, a solicitation to accept any benefit or to do any tampering,
the giving or doing of which would be criminal under subsection a.
e. Participation in rigged contest. A person commits a crime of the
fourth degree if he knowingly engages in, sponsors, produces, judges, or
otherwise participates in a publicly exhibited contest knowing that the
contest is being conducted in violation of subsection a. of this
section.
L. 1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-11, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by L. 1979, c.
178, s. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; L. 1986, c. 129, s. 2, eff. Oct. 20,
1986.
