N.Y. BSW Law § 21
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Age of participants and spectators
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* § 21. Age of participants and spectators. No person under the age of\neighteen years shall participate in any professional boxing, sparring or\nprofessional wrestling match or exhibition, and no person under sixteen\nyears of age shall be permitted to attend thereat as a spectator;\nprovided, however, that a person between the ages of eight and sixteen\nshall be permitted to attend thereat as a spectator if accompanied by a\nparent or guardian.\n * NB Repealed September 1, 2016\n
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