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OF CONDUCT |
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Players, Coaches, Referees and Administrators |
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1. Interpretation
2. Object
3. Code of Conduct
4. Duty to Comply
5. Procedure |
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Interpretation |
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"HKRFU"
means the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union;
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"participant"
means any player, referee, touch judge or other match
official, selector, coach, trainer, manager or other team
official, or any individual involved in the organisation,
administration or promotion of Rugby Football including
a director, other officer or employee of the HKRFU, of
any Member or Associate Member of the HKRFU; |
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in the singular include the plural and vice versa; |
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a
reference to a gender includes the other gender.
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| 2.
Object |
| The Game
of Rugby Football will be damaged by any impairment of public
confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of matches and
competitions or in the integrity and good character of participants. |
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| 3.
Code of Conduct |
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participants in the Game are bound: |
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Not
to bet on the outcome or any aspect of a Rugby Football
match or competition;
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Not
to throw or fix a match, try to achieve a contrived outcome
to a match or a competition, or otherwise influence improperly
the outcome or any other aspect of a match or competition; |
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Not
to seek or accept a bribe or other benefit to do anything
mentioned in paragraph (b); |
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To
report immediately to the HKRFU any offer of a bribe
or other benefit to do anything mentioned in paragraph
(b), or any attempt by any person to do anything mentioned
in paragraph (a) or (b);
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Not
to engage in any doping practices; |
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To
comply with the HKRFU's Safety Directives for Referees,
Coaches and Players; |
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Not
to repeatedly breach the Laws of the Game relating to
Misconduct; |
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Not
to abuse, threaten or intimidate, either physically or
verbally, a referee, touch judge or other match official,
whether on or off the field, or a selector, coach, manager
or other team official; |
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| (i) |
Not
to show unnecessary obvious dissension, displeasure or
disapproval towards a referee, touch judge or other match
official, his or her decision or generally following a
decision of a match official; |
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Not
to use crude or abusive language or gestures towards referees,
touch judges or other match officials or spectators; |
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Not
to do anything which is likely to intimidate, offend,
insult or humiliate another participant on the ground
of race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the person; |
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Not
to conduct themselves in any manner, or engage in any
activity, whether on or off the field, that would impair
public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of
matches and competitions or in the integrity and good
character of participants; and |
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Not
to do anything which adversely affects or reflects on
or discredits the Game of Rugby Football, the HKRFU, any
Member or Associate Member of the HKRFU, or any squad,
team, competition, tournament, sponsor, official supplier
or licensee, including, but not limited to, any illegal
act or any act of dishonesty or fraud. |
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Duty to Comply |
| Each Member
or Associate Member of the HKRFU is obliged: |
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To
comply with, and to require all persons in membership
with it or affiliated to it to comply with this Code
of Conduct; and
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To
adopt appropriate procedures for monitoring compliance
with, and imposing sanctions for breaches of, this Code
of Conduct by participants in membership with it or affiliated
to it. |
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| 5.
Procedure |
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Upon
becoming aware, from whatever source, that an alleged
breach of this Code of Conduct has occurred, the HKRFU
may set up a Sub Committee to consider the matter.
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The
Sub Committee will proceed to review and consider the
alleged breach. The Sub Committee may consider any evidence
which may be available and call for representations from
the Member(s) or Associate Member(s) concerned as to the
circumstances of the breach, and may require the Member(s)
or Associate Member(s) to provide relevant information. |
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If
it considers it appropriate so to do, the Sub Committee
may direct the Member(s) or Associate Member(s) to make
inquiry into the alleged breach and report back to the
Sub Committee. |
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When
reporting back to the Sub Committee regarding the alleged
breach, the Member(s) or Associate Member(s) must provide
details of the investigations and enquiries made, the
evidence gathered, the proposed findings and the proposed
sanctions to be imposed.
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The
Sub Committee will review the report from the Member(s)
or Associate Member(s). If it thinks it appropriate so
to do, the Sub Committee may make further inquiry into
the alleged breach. |
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The
Sub Committee may (i) confirm the proposed findings and
proposed sanctions, or (ii) vary the proposed findings
and/or the proposed sanctions. The Member(s) or Associate
Member(s) will comply with and implement all such decisions
of the Sub Committee. |
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If
the Sub Committee is dissatisfied with the manner in which
a Member or Associate Member has conducted itself in respect
of the investigation of or inquiry into an alleged breach,
the Sub Committee may impost such sanctions as it thinks
appropriate against that Member or Associate Member. |
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A
Member or Associate Member may appeal to the Board of
Directors of the HKRFU against any decision of the Sub
Committee. The ruling of the Committee of the HKRFU will
be final. |
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