Beijing 2008 -- Terms and Conditions of Ticket Sales and Use

4. Regulations about Access and Stay in the Venues

4.1 You are required to pay the maximum attention and exert the maximum prudence in the Venue for the safety of both yourself and any children accompanying you, and to comply with the warnings and the norms of behavior published in or in the proximity of the Venue. BOCOG shall not be responsible for the consequences of your imprudent or negligent behaviors.

4.2 You shall be responsible for the safety of both yourself and any children accompanying you.

4.3 You shall be responsible for the property of both yourself and any children accompanying you.

4.4 The Venue usually opens two (2) hours prior to the start time of a Session. Before traveling to the Venue, please check the start time of the Event or the Ceremony, the opening time of the Venue, the security inspection times and public transportation information to insure that you will be able to enter the Venue on time. You expressly consent, as a mandatory condition for access to a Venue, to a security inspection before your entry to the Venue and during the Session. The security checks may include a limited (body) search, and inspection of baggage or other objects owned or carried by both yourself and any children accompanying you. Please allow ample time for traffic and security inspections and enter the Venue as early as possible.

4.5 To the extent permitted by the law, you hereby irrevocably release BOCOG, the IOC, the COC (including their directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors, agents and volunteers) from any liability for any damage, loss, liability or injury you may suffer in relation to your traveling to and attendance to the Games, howsoever caused.

4.6 You agree to provide compensation as directed and requested by BOCOG for any possible damage, loss or harm suffered by BOCOG or any other person due to your willful misconduct or negligence.

4.7 To enter and remain in a Venue,you shall expressly comply with the following provisions:

4.7.1 You accept and comply with all these Terms and Conditions;

4.7.2 You agree to security inspections of your person and your baggage and other objects owned or carried by both yourself and any children accompanying you;

4.7.3 You must not disturb the tranquility and/or safety of others within a Venue;

4.7.4 Your Ticket must not be lost, missing, stolen, counterfeited, damaged or illegible;

4.7.5 Your Ticket has not been purchased from an unauthorized person or entity.

4.8 You must not interrupt or disturb or attempt to interrupt or disturb the normal carrying out of the Games.

You must abide by all policies, announcements or instructions issued by BOCOG relevant to attending the Games. To ensure the security and the smooth and orderly progression of the Games, you must abide by all the instructions of Venue personnel, including, without limitation, submitting to security checks and showing your Ticket.

5. Restricted or Prohibited Items and Behaviours

5.1 Please don't take any of the following articles into any Venue:

5.1.1 Beverages (whether in soft or hard containers, except for medical reasons) and large quantity of easily-thrown food;

5.1.2 Breakable articles or any containers; musical instruments, including, without limitation, whistles, trumpets and drums;

5.1.3 Carry-on bags, suitcases and handbags which are too big to carry to the seats;

5.1.4 Flag poles, flags of countries or regions not participating in the Games, flags larger than 2×1 meters in size; any signs, banners, posters, leaflets or displays;

5.1.5 Balls, rackets, frisbees and similar articles;

5.1.6 Any unauthorized professional photography equipment;

5.1.7 Knives, bats, long-handle umbrellas, long poles, sharp-ended stands for cameras and video cameras, and other objects that may cause harm to people;

5.1.8 Animals (except for those that provide services, such as guide-dogs for visually impaired persons);

5.1.9 Transportation vehicles, devices or equipment (other than strollers and wheelchairs);

5.1.10 Unauthorized walky-talkies, loudspeakers, radios, laser devices or wireless devices that will interfere with the electronic signals of the Games;

5.1.11 Such restricted weapons and equipments as guns, ammunition, crossbows, and daggers；such combustibles as fireworks, firecrackers and other flammable materials；such articles prohibited by Chinese laws and regulations as corrosive chemicals and radioactive materials.