12 PLAYING FAULTS

12.1 DEFINITION
12.1.1 Any playing action contrary to the Rules is a playing fault.
12.1.2 The referees judge the faults and determine the penalties according to these Rules.
12.2 CONSEQUENCES OF A FAULT
12.2.1 There is always a penalty for a fault: the opponents of the team committing the fault wins
the rally according to Rule 7.3.
12.2.2 If two or more faults are committed successively, only the first one is counted.
12.2.3 If two or more faults are committed by the two opponents simultaneously, a DOUBLE
FAULT is counted and the rally is replayed.