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 athlete’s 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;
1. Ins. by Act 26 of 2025, s. 3 (w.e.f. 16.07.2026).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for s. 4 (w.e.f. 16.07.2026).
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(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.]