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TITLE 1 : General Principles
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| Article 1 : |
The Association hereby incorporated is named Pan Asian Boxing Association. |
| Article 2 : |
The Pan Asian Boxing Association, herein called the PABA, is a voluntary
non-profit organization and is comprised of duly authorized and legally established
entities which regulate, control and supervise professional boxing in their respective
jurisdictions. |
| Article 3 : |
The PABA's head office shall be wherever the President locates or installs
the PABA's main office. |
| Article 4 : |
The PABA shall exercise its authority and carry out its activities anywhere
in the world in accordance with the provisions of its Constitution, Bylaws and
its Rules and Regulations. |
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TITLE 2 : Objects and
Activities
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| Article 5 : |
The PABA shall obtain uniformity and harmony in the control and supervision
of professional boxing throughout its member countries. |
| Article 6 : |
The PABA shall carry out the following;
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The PABA shall establish and recognize PABA champions in each of the weight
divisions established in its regulations.
Nevertheless, The PABA reserves the right to suspend or cancel the recognition
of the PABA champion due to the breach or default of its rules, or for conduct
which damages the good name, integrity and prestige of the PABA. |
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The PABA shall adopt a belt of the PABA champion and the belt shall be awarded
to the champion duly recognized by the PABA. |
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The PABA may create certificates or other types of recognition to be awarded
to the boxers and other persons who have reached to a high distinction in the
performance of their respective activities in professional boxing. |
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With the purpose of selecting the boxers who meet the requirements which accredit
them to participate as challengers in PABA championship fights, the PABA shall
publish monthly an official list of Ratings containing the names of the most outstanding
boxers up to maximum of Fifteen(15) boxers in each weight division. |
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| Article 7 : |
The PABA shall have the following categories of members :
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Regular Member : Officials entities duly authorized to organize and direct
boxing in a territorial division, such as national boxing Commission, Federation
and Association. |
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Associate Member : Those persons who have licences issued by their official
entities, such as promoter, manager, trainer, boxer, international official and
any other persons related to the boxing activities. |
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Honorary Member : Founders of the PABA, and those persons who may recognized
by the PABA. |
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In order to be admitted as a Regular Member or Associate Member, the applying
entity or person must previously recognized and accepted by the PABA. |
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The admission fees and the annual renewal fees of the different members categories
will be paid to the PABA according to the fee schedule to be established by the
President of the PABA. |
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| Article 8 : |
At the PABA convention;
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each Regular Member country shall be entitled to a single vote, without taking
into account the number of affiliated entities which exist in its territory. |
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the Associate Member shall be entitled to be heard at the conventions or meetings
of the PABA and may submit requests of applications. |
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TITLE 4 : Governing Bodies
and Authorities
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| Article 9 : |
The governing bodies of the PABA shall be ;
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the General Assembly/Convention |
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the Executive Committee |
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| Article 10 : |
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The convention is the supreme authority of the PABA and shall be made up of
the duly accepted regular members. |
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The quorum of the convention shall be one third (1/3) of its regular members
who are qualified to vote. |
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The following persons are members of the Executive Committee |
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Chairman of Championship Committee |
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Chairman of Ratings Committee |
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The quorum of the meeting of the Executive Committee is made up of the majority
of its members and all decisions of the meeting shall be adopted by the majority
votes. |
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The President of the PABA shall be elected by a majority of votes at the annual
convention and the members of the Executive Committee shall be appointed by the
President. |
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To be elected President it is necessary to have been member of the Executive
Committee for a consecutive period no less than four(4) years. |
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The President and the member of the Executive Committee shall remain in office
for a period of four(4) years, that is, until the next annual convention at which
election is held, unless removed prior to that time. |
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| Article 12 : |
The PABA President shall have all the obligations, rights and duties customary
to his position, including the following:
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He shall be the official representative of the PABA with respect to final
decisions of the Convention and of Executive Committee meeting. |
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He shall be the superior authority of the PABA and shall have the rights to
appoint the Members of the Executive Committee, and in addition he shall freely
assign ring officials and other positions in PABA related with its operations. |
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He shall be in charge of all matters related to the PABA's finances and shall
present to the convention a report which contains mainly the information concerning
the budget activities of the immediately previous year. |
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The PABA's resources are comprised of the annual payments of the members fees
and sanction fees established for PABA championship fights, and of donations by
the President and or by other member(s). |
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The PABA shall be at liberty to dispose of assets and it may acquire, transfer,
give the use of and encumber any of them. |
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| Article 14 : |
Duties and responsibilities of the Executive Committee Members shall be designated
by the President include acting as substitute for the President. |
| Article 15 : |
The Director General of the PABA shall be in charge of,
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administer the PABA behalf of the President |
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implementation of rules and regulations, |
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control the meetings of Convention and Executive Committee, |
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maintain control all records and official matters related thereto. |
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TITLE 5 : Meetings of
the PABA
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| Article 16 : |
The annual convention of the PABA shall be held during the first quarter of
the calender year.
The date and site of the convention shall be determined by the President.
Nevertheless, the annual convention may be placed at same site and venue in conjunction
with the annual convention of the World Boxing Association.
A meetings of the Executive Committee and or Special General Assembly may be called
by the President when he considers them necessary to hold.
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At the annual convention meetings, the following work order shall be submitted:
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Verification of the quorum |
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Reading of the Minutes of the previous convention for approval or modification |
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Report from the President |
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Report by the Executive Committee Members |
At the annual convention meetings, the following work order shall be submitted:
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TITLE 6 : Conflict with
Local Laws
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| Article 18 : |
No provision of this Constitution shall prevail over any official entities
in the event that they are incompatible or contrary to the governing laws in the
respective territory. In spite of the above, the Rules and Regulations, governing
the PABA championship fights or approved by the PABA, shall be of obligatory compliance
and shall prevail over the local rules and provisions in said fights.
In spite of the above, the Rules and Regulations, governing the PABA championship
fights or approved by the PABA, shall be of obligatory compliance and shall prevail
over the local rules and provisions in said fights. |
| Article 19 : |
To facilitate compliance of the foregoing article, all applications to authorize
a PABA championship fight shall be accompanied with a signed declaration from
the promoter and the respective boxers undertaking that the fight will be governed
by the PABA's Championship Rules and Regulations. |
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| Article 20 : |
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At the convention or general assembly meeting, the vote of two third (2/3)
of its Regular Members who are present to vote is necessary to decide on any amendment
of the Constitution, By-Laws and Rules and Regulations. |
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The amendments approved by the convention shall have immediate effect except
if the respective provision states otherwise. |
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A majority vote shall be necessary to amend. |
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When the amendments are to the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations, the Executive
Committee may consider them and approve them, temporarily. |
These Rules and Regulations approved by the two third(2/3) of the Committee shall
have immediate effect. |
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TITLE 8 : Founders of
the PABA
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| Article 21 : |
The founders, expressed at the Article 7- (c) of this Constitution, of the
Pan Asian Boxing Association, PABA, herein permanently listed as follow :
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Gilberto Mendoza
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President
World Boxing Association |
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Wei Jizhong
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Secretary General
Chinese Olympic Committee, China |
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Xu Yinsheng
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Vice Minister, Commission for
Physical Culture & Sports, China |
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Yangsup Shim
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Chairman, PABA Organizing Committee
Vice president of World Boxing Association |
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Victor Ageev
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President of
Russian Boxing Federation |
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Alan Kim
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Executive Director
PABA Organizing Committee |
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