Section 13: Penalties

Penalties must be given by the majority of the referees. (Comments)
"Light forbidden acts" will be punished by "Shido" and the opponent gets 1 Wazaari. The following actions count as light forbidden acts:
1. If one or both contestants show passivity (Comments) or minor technical infringements.
2. "Mubobi"
3. To deliberately go outside the fighting area with both feet.
4. To purposely push the opponent outside the fighting area.
5. To purposely deliver kicks or punches after the beginning of Part 2.
6. To make any further actions after "Matte" or "sonomama" has been announced.
7. To deliver punches, strikes and kicks to the legs.
8. To deliver punches, strikes and kicks at the opponent if he is lying down.
9. To make locks on fingers or toes.
10. To make cross-legged locks around the kidneys and stretch the legs.
11. To make a strangulation with bare hands / fingers.
12. If a contestant comes unprepared to the mat and delays the contest. (Comments)
13. If a contestant is wasting time on purpose (by arranging the Gi, by taking the belt off, taking off the gloves etc.)
A "Forbidden acts" will be punished by "Chui" and the opponent gets 2 Wazaari:
1. To make attacks like kicking, pushing, punching, hitting the body of the opponent in a hard way. (Comments)
2. To throw the opponent from the fighting area to the area outside the safety area.
3. To disregard the MR's instructions.
4. To make unnecessary calls, remarks or gestures to the opponent, referees, the secretariat or anyone else.
5. To make an uncontrolled action, such as roundhouse punches and kicks, which are not stopped even if they miss the opponent, and after a throwing-technique the opponent is not able to continue immediately.
6. To make straight punches or straight kicks towards the head.
In case of two "forbidden acts" the fight will be lost by "Hansoku-make".
The following actions count as a "heavy forbidden act":
1. To apply any action which may injure the opponent.
2. To throw or try to throw the opponent with any lock or strangulation. (Comments)
3. To make any locks on the neck or spinal column.
4. To make any twisted locks at the knee or foot.
The first time a contestant makes a "heavy forbidden" act he will be punished by "Hansoku-make". He looses the match with 0 points and the opponent gets 14 points or the score he already achieved, if higher than 14.
The second time a competitor looses by Hansoku-make in a tournament, he is expelled from the rest of the tournament.
If a contestant shows unsportsmanlike behaviour during or after a fight, the referee crew of the tatami unanimously decide that the competitor should be expelled from the rest of the tournament. They will inform the Head-Referee of their decision and then ask the responsible of the tournament to make the official announcement. The expelled contestant loses all matches he had already won, including the medals.
(Comments)
If both contestants will be punished by Hansoku-make, the match will be repeated.