INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 7 SECTION A - GENERAL ............................................................................................................................... 8 1 - PURPOSE OF THESE REGULATIONS .......................................................................................................... 8 2 - LOGO ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 3 - ELIGIBILITY ............................................................................................................................................. 8 4 - REGULATORY ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................................................ 8 5 - RULE INTERPRETATION ........................................................................................................................... 8 SECTION B - DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................... 9 6 - DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 9 SECTION C - DIVISIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS .................................................................................. 14 7 - AGE, DIVISIONS AND RECOGNIZED CLASSES ........................................................................................... 14 8 - OF THE CLASSIFICATION ........................................................................................................................ 14 SECTION D - MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION ......................................................................................... 16 9 - REGIONS, MAJOR LEAGUES AND INTERREGIONAL MINOR LEAGUES REGISTRATION .................................... 16 9.1 - Demand ...................................................................................................................................... 16 9.2 - Required documents .................................................................................................................. 16 9.3 - Fees ............................................................................................................................................ 16 9.4 - Refusal ........................................................................................................................................ 16 10 - ASSOCIATIONS REGISTRATION ............................................................................................................. 16 10.1 - Demand .................................................................................................................................... 16 10.2 - Required documents ................................................................................................................ 16 10.3 - Fees .......................................................................................................................................... 16 10.4 - Refusal ...................................................................................................................................... 16 11 - TEAM REGISTRATION AT THE MAJOR LEVEL, IN A LEAGUE ....................................................................... 16 12 - TEAMS REGISTRATION AT THE MINOR LEVEL ......................................................................................... 16 13 - OF THE TEAM CHANGING LEAGUE ......................................................................................................... 17 15 - MINOR INTERREGIONAL OR MAJOR LEAGUE .......................................................................................... 17 15.1 - Condition of territory ................................................................................................................. 17 15.2 - League Territory ....................................................................................................................... 17 15.3 - Team territory ........................................................................................................................... 17 15.4 - Inter-provincial .......................................................................................................................... 17 17 - THE TERRITORIAL RIGHT ...................................................................................................................... 17 17.1 - General procedure .................................................................................................................... 17 17.2 - Procedures in the major ........................................................................................................... 17 17.3 - Suspended player ..................................................................................................................... 17 17.4 - Complaint against a player ....................................................................................................... 17 17.5 - Tampering................................................................................................................................. 18 17.6 - Player not registered in a contract previous year (lay-off a year or more) ............................... 18 18 - CONTRACT ......................................................................................................................................... 18 18.1 - Number of players .................................................................................................................... 18 18.2 - Deadline .................................................................................................................................... 18 19 - CONTRACT APPROVAL ......................................................................................................................... 18 19.1 - Authorized person .................................................................................................................... 18 19.2 - Proof of age .............................................................................................................................. 18 19.3 - Age verification ......................................................................................................................... 18 20 - PLAYER’S / MEMBER’S ELIGIBILITY ........................................................................................................ 18 20.1 - Principle .................................................................................................................................... 18 20.2 - Responsibility............................................................................................................................ 18 20.3 - Contesting at the minor ............................................................................................................ 18 20.4 - Contesting at the minor level .................................................................................................... 19 20.5 - Fees .......................................................................................................................................... 19 20.6 - Players not residing in Quebec................................................................................................. 19 22 - UNDERAGED – OVERAGE PLAYER ........................................................................................................ 19 22.1 - Principle .................................................................................................................................... 19 22.2 - Promotion ................................................................................................................................. 19 22.3 - Return to his division ................................................................................................................ 19 22.4 - Maximum number of underaged players .................................................................................. 19 22.5 - Minor Division ........................................................................................................................... 19 22.6 - Demotion .................................................................................................................................. 19 Baseball Québec 1 23 - IRREGULAR PARTICIPATION (PROVINCIAL OR INTERPROVINCIAL) ............................................................ 19 23.1 - Player ........................................................................................................................................ 19 23.2 - Team ......................................................................................................................................... 19 24 - PROFESSIONAL TRY OUTS ................................................................................................................... 19 25 - COACH’S ELIGIBILITY ........................................................................................................................... 20 25.1 - Principle .................................................................................................................................... 20 25.2 - Deadline ...................................................................................................................................