| 16.1 |
Play shall be continuous from the first service
until the match is concluded, except as allowed in Laws 16.2
and 16.3. |
| 16.2 |
Intervals not exceeding 90 seconds between the
first and second games, and not exceeding 5 minutes between
the second and third games, shall be allowed in all matches.
(For a televised match, the Referee may decide before the match
that intervals as in Law 16.2 are mandatory and of fixed duration). |
| 16.3 |
Suspension of play |
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16.3.1 |
When necessitated by circumstances not within the control
of the players, the umpire may suspend play for such a period
as the umpire may consider necessary. |
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16.3.2 |
Under special circumstances the Referee may instruct the umpire
to suspend play. |
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16.3.3 |
If play is suspended, the existing score shall stand and play
shall be resumed from that point. |
| 16.4 |
Delay in play |
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16.4.1 |
Under no circumstances shall play be delayed to enable a player
to recover strength or wind. |
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16.4.2 |
The umpire shall be the sole judge of any delay in play. |
| 16.5 |
Advice and leaving the court |
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16.5.1 |
Except in the intervals provided in Law 16.2 and 16.3, no
player shall be permitted to receive advice during a match. |
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16.5.2 |
Except during the five minute interval described in Law 16.2,
no player shall leave the court during a match without the umpire's
permission. |
| 16.6 |
A player shall not: |
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16.6.1 |
deliberately cause delay in, or suspension of, play; |
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16.6.2 |
deliberately modify or damage the shuttle in order to change
its speed or its flight; |
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16.6.3 |
behave in an offensive manner; or |
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16.6.4 |
be guilty of misconduct not otherwise covered by the Laws
of badminton. |
| 16.7 |
The umpire shall administer any breach of Law
16.4, 16.5 or 16.6 by: |
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16.7.1 |
issuing a warning to the offending side; |
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16.7.2 |
faulting the offending side, if previously warned; or |
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16.7.3 |
in cases of flagrant offence or persistent offences, faulting
the offending side and reporting the offending side immediately
to the Referee, who shall have power to disqualify the offending
side from the match. |
