There are two distinct categories of penalty applicable to the two sorts of offence (cf. t.114ss The Types of Penalty).

1. Penalties related to fencing, applicable to offences committed while fencing. These are:

   • The loss of ground on the piste

   • Refusal to award a hit actually made

   • Awarding a hit which has not in fact been received

   • Exclusion from the competition

2. Disciplinary penalties applicable to offences concerned with maintenance of order, discipline or sportsmanship. These are:

   • Awarding a hit which has not in fact been received

   • Exclusion from the competition

   • Exclusion from participation in the whole tournament

   • Expulsion from the venue of the competition

   • Disqualification

   • Censure

   • Temporary suspension

   • Permanent suspension