Chapter II — PROHIBITION OF DOPING IN SPORT AND ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS

Section 4Anti-Doping Rule Violation

Section 4: Anti-Doping Rule Violation

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:---

(a)

the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athletes sample, unless such presence is exempted under section 5;

(b)

use or attempted use by an athlete of any prohibited substance or any prohibited method, unless such use is exempted under section 5;

(c)

evading sample collection; or refusing or failing to submit to sample collection without compelling justification after notification by a duly authorised person;

(d)

whereabouts failures by an athlete as specified in the Code;

(e)

tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control by an athlete or other person;

(f)

possession of any prohibited substance or any prohibited method by an athlete or athlete support personnel, unless such possession is exempted under section 5;

(g)

trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method by an athlete or other person;

(h)

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;

(i)

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;

(j)

prohibited association by an athlete or other person as the Agency may specify by regulations;

(k)

acts by an athlete or other person to discourage or retaliate against reporting to authorities.

Amendment notes (1)
  1. 1Subs Subs. by Act 26 of 2025, s. 4 for s. 4 (w.e.f. 16.07.2026).