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4:22-24.     Animal fighting crimes
     4:22-24.  A person who shall:

  

    a.   Keep, use, be connected with or interested in the management of, or receive money for the admission of a person to, a place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting a living animal or creature;

    b.   Be present and witness, pay admission to, encourage or assist therein;

  

    c.   Permit or suffer a place owned or controlled by him to be so used;

  

    d.   For amusement or gain, cause, allow, or permit the fighting or baiting of a living animal or creature;

  

    e.   Own, possess, keep, train, promote, purchase, or knowingly sell a living animal or creature for the purpose of fighting or baiting that animal or creature; or

    f.   Gamble on the outcome of a fight involving a living animal or creature--

  

    Shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree.

  

    Amended 1989,c.35,s.1.