Law 4 – The Players' Equipment
Infringements/Sanctions
  For any infringement of this Law:
  • play need not be stopped;

  • the player at fault is instructed by the referee to leave the field of play to correct his equipment;

  • the player leaves the field of play when the ball next ceases to be in play, unless he has already corrected his equipment;

  • any player required to leave the field of play to correct his equipment does not re-enter without the referee’s permission;

  • the referee checks that the player’s equipment is correct before allowing him to re-enter the field of play;

  • the player is only allowed to re-enter the field of play when the ball is out of play.
A player who has been required to leave the field of play because of an infringement of this Law and who enters (or re-enters) the field of play without the referee’s permission is cautioned and shown the yellow card.
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