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For not observing the above rules, the players will incur the following penalties:
1. Warning
2. Disqualification of the ball thrown or about to be thrown
3. Disqualification of the guilty player for one end
4. Disqualification of the guilty player for the match
5. Disqualification of the guilty team
6. Disqualification of both teams in the case of complicity.
Article 11 - Jack obscured or moved
If, during an end, the jack is accidentally completely obscured by a leaf or a piece of paper, these objects are removed.
If the stationary jack is moved by the wind or slope of the terrain, for example, it is put back in its original place providing its position had been marked.
The same applies if the jack is moved accidentally by the Umpire, a player, a spectator, a boule or a jack from another game, an animal or any moving object.
If the jack is moved by the effect of a boule played in this game, it is valid.
To avoid any argument, the players should mark he jack's position. No claim will be accepted regarding boules or a jack whose position has not been marked.
Article 12 Jack moved into another game
If, during an end, the jack is moved onto an area where another game is in progress, either on a marked or unmarked terrain, the jack is valid subject to Article 9.
If necessary, the players using this jack will wait for the players in the other game to finish their end before completing their own.
The players concerned are asked to show patience and courtesy.
At the following end, the teams continue on the terrain, which was designated to them.
Article 13 - Arrangements to be made when the jack is dead
If, during an end, the jack becomes dead, one of three cases can apply:
1. If both teams have boules to play, the end is void.
2. If only one team has boules left to play, then this team scores as many points as it has boules to play.
3. If neither team has boules to play, the end is void.
Article 14 - Position of the jack after it is stopped.
If the jack, having been hit, is stopped by a spectator or by the Umpire, it remains where it stops.
If the jack, having been hit, is stopped by a player, his/her opponent has the choice of:
a) Leaving the jack in its new position
b) Putting it back in its original position
c) Placing it anywhere on the extension of a line from its original position to the point where it is found, at a maximum distance of 20 m (15 m for Cadets and Minors) and so that it is visible.
Paragraphs b) and c) can only be applied if the position of the jack was previously marked. If it was not marked, the jack will remain where it lies.
If the jack, after having been knocked on, crosses a boundary of the playing area but comes to rest on a permitted area, it is deemed dead and the rules defined in Article 13 apply.
Article 15 - Throwing of the jack after it is moved outside the boundary of the terrain
If, during an end, the jack is moved outside the boundary of the playing area, the next end is started at the point from which it was displaced, providing (see Article 7):
1. The circle can be traced at 1 m from any obstacle and from the boundary of the playing area.
2. The jack can be thrown at all valid distances.
Boules
Article 16 - Throwing the first and following boule
The first boule of an end is thrown by a player belonging to the team that has won the toss or the last scoring end. For boules other than the first, it is the turn of the team, which does not have the point.There is no predetermined order of play between members within the same team.The team members may choose who is to play the next boule when it is their turn.
The player must not use any object or draw a line on the ground to give aid in playing a boule or to mark the point of landing. Whilst playing his/her last boule, he/she must not carry another boule in the other hand.
The boules must be played one by one.
Once thrown, a boule may not be replayed. However, it must be replayed if it has been stopped or deviated accidentally from its course between the circle and the jack by a boule or jack coming from another game, or by an animal or any other moving object (football, etc.) and also in the case defined in Article 8, second paragraph.
It is forbidden to wet the boules or the jack.
If the first boule played goes out of play, the opponent plays and so on alternately for as long as there are no boules in play.
If after shooting or pointing no boules are left in play, the rules concerning a void end defined in Article 29 apply.
Article 17 - Behavior of players and spectators during a match
During the time allowed for a player to throw a boule, the spectators and the other players must observe total silence.
The opponents must not walk, gesticulate or do anything that could disturb the player about to play. Only his/her teammates may stand between the jack and the circle.
The opponents must remain beyond the jack or behind the player and, in both cases, to the side of the end's line of play and at a distance of at least 2 m from the one or the other.
The players who do not observe these rules will be banned from the competition if, after a warning from the Umpire, they persist in their conduct.
No one is allowed a practice throw during the match. Players who do not observe this rule will incur the penalties as foreseen in Article 10.
During an end, boules going outside the marked terrain are valid (except as in Article 19).
Article 18 - Throwing of the boules and boules going outside the terrain
No one is allowed a practice throw during the match. Players who do not observe this rule will incur penalties as foreseen in Article 10.
During an end, boules going outside the marked terrain are valid (except as in Article 19).
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