1936-37

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
Law 7. (b) Decision of the International Board:—The corner flag
must not be removed when a corner kick is taken.
S.—The goal-keeper may, within his own penalty area, use his
hands, but shall not carry the ball. The goal-keeper shall not be
char; ed except when he is holding the ball, or obstructing an
Opponent, or when he has passed outside the goal area. The goal-
keeper may be changed during the game, but notice of such
change must first be given to the Referee (a).
Law 8. (a) Decision of the International Board:—If a goal-keeper
has been changed without the Referee being notified, and a new
goal-keeper handles the ball within the penalty area., the penalty
kick must be awarded.
9.—Neither tripping, kicking, striking, nor jumping at a player
shall be allowed. A player (the goal-keeper within his own penalty
area excepted) shall not intentionally handle the ball. A player
shall not use his hands to hold or push an opponent. Charging is
permissible, but it must not be violent or dangerous. A player
shall not be charged from behind unless he is intentionally
obstructing an opponent (a) (b).
Law 9. (a) Decision of the International Board:—Cases of handlin
the ball and tripping, pushing, kicking or holding an opponent an�
charging an opponent from behind, may so happen as to be considered
unintentional, and when this is so
no offence
is
committed.
(b) If a player turns so as to face his own goal when he is tackled,
or obviously aware that he is about to be tackled by an opponent,
he is intentionally obstructing, and may be charged from behind.
10.—When a free kick has been awarded, the kickers' opponents
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shall not approach within 10 yards of the ball until the kick is
taken unless they are standing on their own goal-line between
the goal posts. The ball must at least be rolled over before
it shall be considered played—i.e., it must take a complete
circuit or travel the distance of its circumference. The kicker
shall not play the ball a second time until it has been played by
another player. The kick-off (except as provided by Law 2),
corner kick and goal kick shall be free kicks within the meaning
of this Law.
11.—A goal may be scored direct from a corner kick, and if a
free kick is awarded because of any infringement of Law 9, a goal
may be scored direct from such free kick against the offending
side, but not from any other free kick.
12.—The nails in a player's boots shall be driven in flush with
the leather and the player shall not wear metal plates or projections
or gutta-percha on his boots or on his shin guards. If bars
or studs on the soles or heels of the boots are used, they shall
not project more than half-an-inch, and shall have all their fasten-
ings driven in flush with the leather. Bars shall be transverse and
flat, not less than lialf-an-inch in width, and shall extend from side
to side of the boot. Studs shall be round in plan, not less than
half-an-inch in diameter, and in no case conical or pointed (a).
Any player whose boots are found not conforming with this Law
shall be sent off the field of play and not allowed to return without
first reporting to the Referee, who will satisfy himself that the
boots are satisfactory. A player having left the field of play
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