13. FAULTS It shall be a ‘fault’: 13.1 if a service is not correct (Law 9.1); 13.2 if, in service, the shuttle: 13.2.1 is caught on the net and remains suspended on its top; 13.2.2 after passing over the net, is caught in the net; or 13.2.3 is hit by the receiver’s partner; 13.3 if in play, the shuttle: 13.3.1 lands outside the boundaries of the court (i. e. not on or within the boundary lines); 13.3.2 passes through or under the net; 13.3.3 fails to pass over the net; 13.3.4 touches the ceiling or side walls; 13.3.5 touches the person or dress of a player; 13.3.6 touches any other object or person outside the court;13.3.7 is caught and held on the racket and then slung during the execution of a stroke; 13.3.8 is hit twice in succession by the same player. However, a shuttle hitting the head and the stringed area of the racket in one stroke shall not be a ‘fault’; 13.3.9 is hit by a player and the player’s partner successively; or 13.3.10 touches a player’s racket and does not travel towards the opponent’s court; 13.4 if, in play, a player: 13.4.1 touches the net or its supports with racket, person or dress;13.4.2 invades an opponent’s court over the net with racket or person except that the striker may
follow the shuttle over the net with the racket in the course of a stroke after the initial point
of contact with the shuttle is on the striker’s side of the net;
13.4.3 invades an opponent’s court under the net with racket or person such that an opponent is
obstructed or distracted; or
13.4.4 obstructs an opponent, i.e. prevents an opponent from making a legal stroke where the
shuttle is followed over the net;
13.4.5 deliberately distracts an opponent by any action such as shouting or making gestures;
13.5 if a player is guilty of flagrant, repeated or persistent offences under Law 16.