| It is a 'fault': |
| 13.1 |
if a service is not correct (Law 9.1) or if Law
9.3 or 11.2 applies; |
| 13.2 |
if in play, the shuttle: |
| |
13.2.1 |
lands outside the boundaries of the court (ie not on or within
the boundary lines); |
| |
13.2.2 |
passes through or under the net; |
| |
13.2.3 |
fails to pass the net; |
| |
13.2.4 |
touches the ceiling or side walls; |
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13.2.5 |
touches the person or dress of a player; or |
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13.2.6 |
touches any other object or person outside the immediate surroundings
of the court; (Where necessary on account of the structure of
the building, the local badminton authority may, subject to
the right of veto of its Member Association, make bye-laws dealing
with cases in which a shuttle touches an obstruction). |
| 13.3 |
if, when in play, the initial point of contact
with the shuttle is not on the striker's side of the net. (The
striker may, however, follow the shuttle over the net with the
racket in the course of a stroke); |
| 13.4 |
if, in play, a player: |
| |
13.4.1 |
touches the net or its supports with racket, person or dress; |
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13.4.2 |
invades an opponent's court over the net with racket or person
except as permitted in Law 13.3; |
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13.4.3 |
invades an opponent's court under the net with racket or person
such that an opponent is obstructed or distracted; or |
| |
13.4.4 |
obstructs an opponent, ei prevents an opponent from making
a legal stroke where the shuttle is followed over the net; |
| 13.5 |
if, in play, a player deliberately distracts an
opponent by any action such as shouting or making gestures; |
| 13.6 |
if, in play, the shuttle: |
| |
13.6.1 |
is caught and held on the racket and then slung during the
execution of a stroke; |
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13.6.2 |
is hit twice in sucession by the same player with two strokes; |
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13.6.3 |
is hit by a player and the player's partner sucessively; or |
| |
13.6.4 |
touches a player's racket and continues towards the back of
that player's court; |
| 13.7 |
if a player is guilty of flagrant, repeated or
persistent offences under Law 16; |
| 13.8 |
if, on service, the shuttle is caught on the net
and remains suspended on top or, on service, after passing over
the net, is caught in the net. |
