25-Second Clock (Timing Devices) 51 25-Second Count (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 70 30-second clock (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Access to Officials (Miscellaneous) 155 Administration and Enforcement (The Ball) 26 After the Ball is Snapped (Backward Pass and Fumble) 95 All Become Eligible (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Approved Ruling and Officials' Signals 36 At Rest (Backward Pass and Fumble) 96 Backward passes and hand offs (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Ball Declared Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 68 Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 70 Ball Ready for Play (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 69 Basic Spot (Spots) 47 Batting a Backward Pass (Batting and Kicking) 130 Batting a Loose Ball (Batting and Kicking) 129 Batting Ball in Possession (Batting and Kicking) 130 Batting (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 40 Behind the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 80 Belongs To (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 37 Below Waist (Blocking) 38 Beyond the Neutral Zone (Scrimmage Kicks) 81 Blocking a Scrimmage Kick (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 41 Blocking Below the Waist (replacement for rule 9-1-2-e) (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Blocking (Blocking) 38 Block in the Back (Blocking) 39 Catchable Forward Pass (Passes) 45 Catch, Interception, Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 37 Catch or Recovery by Kicking Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Catch or Recovery by Receiving Team (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble) 95 Ceremonies (Miscellaneous) 155 Changing Rooms (Changing Facilities) 149 Charged Team Timeouts (Timeouts) 62 Chop Block (Blocking) 38 Clipping 39 Coaches' Certification (Players and Playing Equipment) 33 Coaches' Phones (Players and Playing Equipment) 34 Coach (Team and Player Designations) 50 Completed Pass (Forward Pass) 98 Contacting an Official (Noncontact Fouls) 124 Contact Interference (Forward Pass) 102 Continuity of Downs Broken (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 73 Contrasting Colours (Players and Playing Equipment) 28 Crosses Neutral Zone (Passes) 44 Dead Ball Becomes Alive (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 68 Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 134 Dead-Ball Spot (Spots) 46 Dead Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 36 Dead Where Caught (Fair Catch) 85 Defensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 93 Delaying the Start of a Half (Delays) 65 Delay of game (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Deliberate Dead-Ball Advance 39 Dimensions (The Field) 20 Disciplinary Action (Disciplinary Code) 12 Disciplinary Principles (Disciplinary Code) 12 Disqualified Player (Team and Player Designations) 50 Down and Between Downs 39 Downs (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Drop Kick (Kicks) 42 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble) 94 Eligibility Gained or Regained (Forward Pass) 98 Eligibility Lost by Going Out of Bounds (Forward Pass) 98 Eligibility to touch a forward pass (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Eligibility to Touch Legal Pass (Forward Pass) 97 Encroachment (Encroachment and Offside) 44 End Zones (Field Areas) 52 Enforcement spots (5 on 5 kitted football) 148 Enforcement Spot (Spots) 46 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions) 57 Extra Periods (Start of Each Period) 53 Fair Catch (Fair Catch) 39 Field Goal Attempt (Kicks) 43 Field of Play (Field Areas) 52 Field Surface (The Field) 24 Fighting 130, 131 Fighting and Incitement to Fight (Fighting) 52 First and Third Periods (Start of Each Period) 53 Flagrant Fouls (Personal and Interference Fouls) 115 Forced Touching Disregarded (Free Kicks) 79 Forced Touching Disregarded (Scrimmage Kicks) 82 Forfeited Games (Value of Scores) 105 Forward and Backward Pass (Passes) 44 Forward, Beyond (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 40 Forward passes (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Forward Pass Play (Play Classification) 51 Forward Progress (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 72 Forward Progress (Forward, Beyond and Forward Progress) 40 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Foul and Violation 40 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Foul Between Downs (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Foul During Free Kick Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Fouls After a Try (Try Down) 109 Fouls by Both Teams (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 75 Fouls During a Loose Ball (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 76 Fouls During a Try After Team B Possession (Try Down) 109 Fouls During a Try Before Team B Possession (Try Down) 107 Frame (of the Body) (Blocking) 39 Free Kick at Rest (Free Kicks) 79 Free Kick Caught or Recovered (Free Kicks) 79 Free Kick Formation (exception to Rule 6-1-2-c) (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks) 77 Free Kick (Kicks) 43 Free Kick Play (Play Classification) 51 Free Kick Recovery (Free Kicks) 78 Fumble (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 40 Game Administration Interference (Personal and Interference Fouls) 121 Game clock (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Game Clock (Timing Devices) 50 Game Management (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 153 Game Supervision (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 General principle (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 General Principle (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 153 General Principle (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Goal Lines (General Provisions) 19 Goal Lines (Lines) 41 Goals (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 Goals (exception to Rule 1-2-5-f) (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Goals (The Field) 22 Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 142 Handing the Ball 42 Handing the Ball Forward (The Scrimmage) 94 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 70 How and When Completed (Penalties Completed) 132 How Charged (Timeouts) 59 How Scored (Field Goal) 109 How Scored (Safety) 110 How Scored (Touchdown) 105 How Scored (Try Down) 106 Huddle 42 Hurdling 42 Illegal Block or Contact (Fair Catch) 87 Illegal Contact and Pass Interference (Forward Pass) 100 Illegal Delay of the Game (Delays) 65 Illegal Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 30 Illegal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 96 Illegal Interference (Personal and Interference Fouls) 120 Illegally Kicking a Ball (Batting and Kicking) 130 Illegal Touching (Forward Pass) 104 Inbounds Lines (Hash Marks) (Lines) 41 Inbounds Spot (Spots) 47 Incident Reports (Disciplinary Code) 11 Incompleted Pass (Forward Pass) 99 Ineligibles Downfield (Forward Pass) 103 Initial Impetus (Responsibility and Impetus) 113 Injury Timeout (Timeouts) 63 In Possession (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 36 Instructions to Stadium 25-second Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 151 Instructions to Stadium Game Clock Operators (Stadium Clocks) 151 Interference with Opportunity (Opportunity to Catch a Kick) 84 Interfering for or Helping the Runner (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 125 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed) 135 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch) 40 Invalid Signals (Fair Catch) 86 Kick After Safety (Safety) 112 Kicker and Holder (Team and Player Designations) 48 Kicking Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 79 Kickoff (Kicks) 43 Kicks (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 League Notification (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 155 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Kicks) 42 Legal and Illegal Kicks (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Legal Forward Pass (Forward Pass) 96 Legal Substitutions (Substitutions) 66 Length of Periods (amendment to rule 3-2-1) (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 157 Length of Periods and Intermissions (Playing Time and Intermissions) 56 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts) 64 Liaison with Game Personnel (Game Personnel) 152 Limit Lines (The Field) 21 Lineman and Back (Team and Player Designations) 49 Line to gain (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 Line-to-Gain and Down Indicators (The Field) 24 Line to Gain (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 72 Live Ball Becomes Dead (Ball in Play - Dead Ball) 68 Live-Ball - Dead-Ball Fouls (Penalties Completed) 135 Live-Ball Fouls by the Same Team (Penalties Completed) 132 Live Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 36 Loose Ball (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 36 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Loss of a Down 43 Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement (Players and Playing Equipment) 32 Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 29 Markers and Obstructions (The Field) 24 Marking Balls (The Ball) 27 Marking Boundary Areas (The Field) 21 Medical Requirement Administration (Medical Provision) 35 Minimum Medical Requirements (Medical Provision) 34 Minimum Standards for 25-second Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 150 Minimum Standards for Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 149 Muff (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 40 Next Play (Field Goal) 109 Next Play (Try Down) 109 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) 41 No Advance (Fair Catch) 86 No Tackling (Fair Catch) 87 Not Outside an Inbounds Line (The Scrimmage) 89 Numbering and formations (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Offensive and Defensive Teams (Team and Player Designations) 48 Offensive Team Requirements (exception to Rule 7-1-3-b-1) (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Offensive Team Requirements (The Scrimmage) 89 Officials' Assistants (Game Personnel) 151 Offsetting Fouls (Penalties Completed) 132 Offside (Encroachment and Offside) 44 Opportunity to Score (Try Down) 106 Out of Bounds at Forward Point (Out of Bounds) 71 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble) 95 Out of Bounds Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Out of Bounds Between Goal Lines or at Rest Inbounds (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Out of Bounds Lines (Lines) 41 Out of Bounds Player (Scrimmage Kicks) 84 Out-of-Bounds Spot (Spots) 47 Overtime (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Passer (Team and Player Designations) 49 Passing (Passes) 44 Penalties (5 on 5 kitted football) 148 Penalty 45 Penalty administration (5 on 5 kitted football) 148 Penalty Declined (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Penalty Resulting in First Down (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 74 Personal fouls (5 on 5 kitted football) 148 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 20 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (addition to Rule 9-1-2) (Youth Kitted Football) 145 Persons Subject to the Rules Restrictions (Personal and Interference Fouls) 115 Place Kick (Kicks) 42 Planned Loose Ball (The Scrimmage) 94 Player Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds) 70 Player Restrictions (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 128 Players and playing equipment (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Player's Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 27 Player (Team and Player Designations) 49 Player Vacancy (Team and Player Designations) 50 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas) 52 Playing Surface (Field Areas) 52 Playing time (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots) 48 Previous Spot (Spots) 46 Procedure for Delaying the Start of a Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 Procedure for Suspending the Game (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 Procedures (Enforcement Procedures) 137 Procedures for Operating 25-second Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 150 Procedures for Operating Game Clocks (Stadium Clocks) 150 Prohibited Field Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment) 33 Prohibited Signal Devices (Players and Playing Equipment) 33 Public Address Announcers (Miscellaneous) 155 Punt (Kicks) 42 Putting the ball in play (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Pylons (The Field) 23 Receiving Team (Free Kick Out of Bounds) 80 Recommended Numbering (Players and Playing Equipment) 27 Referee's Discretionary Timeout (Timeouts) 60 Referee's Notification (Timeouts) 64 Removing persons from the field (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 156 Replaced Player (Team and Player Designations) 50 Responsibility (Responsibility and Impetus) 113 Restraining Lines (Free Kicks) 77 Restraining Lines (Lines) 41 Return Kick (Kicks) 43 Rosters (Disciplinary Code) 11 Roughing or Running into Kicker or Holder (Personal and Interference Fouls) 119 Rules Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) 76 Runner (Team and Player Designations) 49 Running Play (Play Classification) 51 Scope and Registration (Disciplinary Code) 11 Scoring (5 on 5 kitted football) 147 Scoring Plays (amendment to rule 8-1-1) (Youth Kitted Football) 144 Scoring Plays (Value of Scores) 105 Scrimmage Kick Formation (Kicks) 43 Scrimmage Kick (Kicks) 43 Scrimmage Kick Play and Field Goal Play (Play Classification) 51 Scrimmage Line (Scrimmage) 45 Scrimmage (Scrimmage) 45 Second and Fourth Periods (Start of Each Period) 53 Security and Access (Changing Facilities) 149 Shift 45 Shifts and False Starts (The Scrimmage) 92 Simultaneous Catch or Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 38 Simultaneous with Snap (Penalties Completed) 132 Snap After a Touchback (Touchback) 112 Snapper (Team and Player Designations) 50 Snapping the Ball 45 Spearing 46 Specifications (The Ball) 25 Sportsmanship (5 on 5 kitted football) 148 Spot of the Foul (Spots) 46 Spots (Enforcement Procedures) 137 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots) 47 Spot Where Run Ends (Spots) 47 Squad Member (Team and Player Designations) 50 Starting with a Snap (The Scrimmage) 89 Start of each half (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Status of the BAFA Disciplinary Code (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 156 Stewards (Game Personnel) 153 Substitute (Team and Player Designations) 50 Substitution Procedures (Substitutions) 66 Succeeding Spot (Spots) 46 Supervision (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 Supervision (General Provisions) 19 Tackling 48 Team Area and Coaching Box (The Field) 22 Team Arrival (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 153 Team Captains (General Provisions) 19 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations) 48 Teams Subject to the Rules (General Provisions) 20 Terms and Conditions 163 The ball (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 The field (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 The Field (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 153 The Field (Field Areas) 52 The game (5 on 5 kitted football) 145 The Game (General Provisions) 19 The Neutral Zone 43 Tiebreaker procedures (Amendments to NCAA Rules for British games) 156 Timeouts (5 on 5 kitted football) 146 Timeout (Timeouts) 59 Timing Adjustments (Playing Time and Intermissions) 56 Timing Devices (Playing Time and Intermissions) 58 Touching (Fumbling, Muffing, Touching, Batting or Blocking a Kick) 40 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Free Kicks) 79 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks) 83 Tripping 50 Tripping (exception to Rules 2-28-1 and 9-1-2-c) (Youth Kitted Football) 145 Unfair Acts (Noncontact Fouls) 124 Unfair Game Clock Tactics (Delays) 65 Unfair Tactics (Noncontact Fouls) 123 Unsportsmanlike Acts (Noncontact Fouls) 122 Use of Hand or Arm by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 125 Use of Hands or Arms by Defense (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 127 Valid Signal (Fair Catch) 40 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts) 64 Water Carriers (Game Personnel) 152 Weather (Cancellation, Suspension and Abandonment of Games) 154 When Ball is Loose (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 128 When Ball is Ready for Play (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose) 36 When Clock Starts (Playing Time and Intermissions) 58 When Clock Stops (Playing Time and Intermissions) 59 When Declared (Touchback) 112 When to Award Series (A Series: Started, Broken, Renewed) 72 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hand and Arm) 125 Winning Team and Final Score (General Provisions) 19 Yard Lines (Lines) 41
Editor: Jim Briggs, BAFA/BAFRA Rules Committee
rules@britishamericanfootball.org