03-penalties.md

Table of Offences and Penalties

This table is intended to be a summary; it is not a substitute for the full text of the articles concerned, which should be consulted in any case of doubt.

	OFFENCE	ART.	PENALTY
	Non-presentation
0.1	Non presentation when called by the referee ten minutes before the time indicated for start of pool/bouts of direct elimination		Elimination from the tournament
0.2	Non presentation on the arena ready to fence when ordered by the referee. Three calls, with one minute intervals.		1st call	2nd call	Elim.

	1ST GROUP		1st offence	2nd offence	3rd offence and subs.
1.1	Leaving the arena without permission		YELLOW	RED	RED
1.2	Turning back on opponent
1.3	Covering/substitution of valid target
1.4	Interruption of the bout without valid reason
1.5	Attacking forbidden targets (back of the head, spine, foot, back of the knee). Hit with crossguard. Attack with the dagger in rapier. Wrestling in rapier.
1.6	Clothing/equipment nonconforming. Absence of regulation weapon
1.7	Hitting the arena floor with an uncontrolled action
1.8	Refusal to obey the referee (including actions before “Fence!” or after “Halt!”)
1.9	Disorderly fencing *; taking off mask before the Referee calls 'Halt!'; dressing or undressing in the arena
1.10	Irregular moves in the arena *; throwing the opponent by lifting their both of their feet off the ground *
1.11	Leaving the arena with both feet without the opponent’s interaction
1.12	Unjustified appeal
1.13	Hitting with the fists and kicking *
1.14	Removing the opponent‘s mask or any other protective equipment. *
1.15	Losing or dropping the cloak during a rapier bout

	2ND GROUP		1st offence	2nd offence	3rd offence and subs.
2.1	Throwing the weapon *		RED	RED	RED
2.2	Demanding a break for claimed injury/cramp unjustified by the doctor
2.3	Absence of equipment control marks *
2.4	Dangerous, violent or vindictive action. * Attack with the dagger in rapier bouts. *

	3RD GROUP		1st offence	2nd offence
3.1	Fencer disturbing order when in the arena. In the most serious cases the Referee may award a black card immediately.		RED4 (even if the fencer at fault has already received a Red Card as a result of offenses in the 1st or 2nd groups)	BLACK1 (only after the fencer has committed another offence in this third group.)
3.2	Dishonest fencing *		RED
3.3	Any person not in arena disturbing order. In the most serious cases the Referee may award a black card immediately.		YELLOW4 (valid for the whole of the competition)	BLACK3
	Offence against sportsmanship * - In the most serious cases the Referee may award a black card immediately.		YELLOW	BLACK 1 or 2

	4TH GROUP		1st offence
4.1	Deliberate brutality. Throwing the opponent onto their head *. Neck-wrenching and small-joint manipulation techniques. * Failing to stop dangerous submission holds before full application (both competitors may be penalised, the victim as well if he/she did not submit). * Throwing the dagger at the opponent in rapier bouts *		BLACK
4.2	Causing injury or threat of injury with equipment non-conforming to the Rules without or with imitated / transferred weapon control marks.
4.3	Offence against sportsmanship
4.4	Refusal of a fencer to fence another competitor properly entered
4.5	Profiting from collusion, favouring an opponent

EXPLANATIONS
*	Annulling of any hit scored by the competitor at fault
YELLOW CARD	Warning valid for the bout. If a competitor commits an offence of the 1st group after having been penalized with a RED CARD, for whatever reason, he/she receives a further RED CARD.
RED CARD	Penalty hit
BLACK CARD	Exclusion from the competition, suspension from the remainder of the tournament. Possible suspension from future events organised by the Federation or the Organiser. A competitor only receives a BLACK CARD in the 3rd group if the offender previously committed an offence in this Third Group (demonstrated by a RED CARD). 1. Exclusion from competition 2. Exclusion from tournament 3. Expulsion from venue 4. In serious cases, the referee may exclude/expel immediately