If a jockey shall not present himself to weigh in or if he be more than one pound short of his weight or if he be guilty of any fraudulent practice with respect to weight or weighing or, except as provided in section 4228.1, if he dismount before reaching the scales or dismount without permission or if he touch (except accidentally) before weighing in any person or thing other than his own equipment, his horse may be disqualified and he himself may be punished as provided by this Subchapter.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4228.3