4. Anti-Doping Rule Violation
4. Anti-Doping Rule Violation.---Any one or more of the following circumstances or acts or conducts shall constitute Anti-Doping Rule Violation for the purposes of this Act, namely:---
the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athletes sample, unless such presence is exempted under section 5;
use or attempted use by an athlete of any prohibited substance or any prohibited method, unless such use is exempted under section 5;
evading sample collection; or refusing or failing to submit to sample collection without compelling justification after notification by a duly authorised person;
whereabouts failures by an athlete as specified in the Code;
tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control by an athlete or other person;
possession of any prohibited substance or any prohibited method by an athlete or athlete support personnel, unless such possession is exempted under section 5;
trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method by an athlete or other person;
administration or attempted administration by an athlete or other person to any athlete in-competition of any prohibited substance or prohibited method, or administration or attempted administration to any athlete out-of-competition of any prohibited substance or any prohibited method that is prohibited out-of-competition;
assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity or attempted complicity involving an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, attempted Anti-Doping Rule Violation or violation of the prohibition against participation during ineligibility or provisional suspension by any other person;
prohibited association by an athlete or other person as the Agency may specify by regulations;
acts by an athlete or other person to discourage or retaliate against reporting to authorities.
Amendment notes (1)
- 1Subs Subs. by Act 26 of 2025, s. 4 for s. 4 (w.e.f. 16.07.2026).