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ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
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boots are satisfactory. A player having left the field of play
through this or any other cause, or a player joining his team after
llay has commenced, may only enter the field when the ball has
ceased to be in play, and must report to the Referee. The Referee
shall, if required, examine the players' boots before the
commencement of a match or during the interval.
13.—A Referee shall be appointed, whose duties shall be to
enforce the Laws and decide all disputed points; and his decision
on points of fact connected with the play shall be final,
so far as
the result of the game is concerned.
He shall also keep a record
of the game and act as timekeeper. In the event of any ungentle-
manly behaviour on the part of any of the players, the offender or
offenders shall be cautioned. If the play has been stopped in
consequence of ungentlemanly behaviour by a player it must be
resumed by a free kick in favour of the opposite side. If any
further offence is committed, or in case of violent conduct without
previous caution, the Referee shall order the offending player or
players off the field of play, and shall transmit the name or names
of such player or players to his or their National Associations, who
shall deal with the matter
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e).
The Referee shall
allow for time wasted, lost through accident or other cause (f),
suspend or terminate the game whenever by reason of darkness,
interference by spectators, or other cause he may deem
necessary; but in all cases in which a game is so ter-
minated he shall report the same to the Association under
whose jurisdiction the game is played, who shall deal with
the matter. The Referee shall have power to award a free kick in
any case in which lie thinks the conduct of a player dangerous,
or likely to prove dangerous, but not sufficiently so as to justify
hint in putting in force the greater powers vested in him. The
power of the Referee extends to offences committed when the play
has been temporarily suspended and when the ball is out of
play.
(a) Persistent infringement of any of the Laws of the game is
ungentlemanly conduct within the meaning of this Law.
(b) A player may enquire from a Referee as to his decision, but is
not entitled by word or action to
show
dissent from any suen
decision.
A
Referee is required to treat the breach of this instruction
as ungentlemanly behaviour.
(c) Decision of the International Board:—All Reports of Referees
to be made within two days alter the occurrence (Sundays not
included) and reports will be deemed
to
be made when received in
the ordinary course of the post.
(d) Referees
,
may in certain circumstances send their reports to the
affiliated Association concerned. (bee Agreement dated June 17th.
1895. )
(e) A player guilty of using foul or abusive language to the Referee
shall be liable to be treated as guilty
of
violent
conduct.
(f) Decision of the International Board:—If in the opinion of the
Referee a player has been seriously injured, the game shall be
stopped, the player at once removed from the field of play, and the
game resumed. If a player is slightly injured the game shall not be
stopped until the ball has ceased to be in play.
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