Professional foul stop the clock and get the ball back, rather than allow the opponent to run out the clock. In addition, there are specific rules governing obvious goal scoring opportunities called clear path fouls. The professional foul in rugby league embodies a similar concept to other sports, a deliberate breach of the rules in order to prevent a scoring opportunity. The penalty for this offence is 10 minutes in the sin bin. The majority of professional fouls are either holding down the tackled player after a break has been made in order to allow his teammates to reform in defence, interfering
Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception was formerly a statutory offence in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. However, the offence still subsists in certain other common law jurisdictionswhich have copied the English criminal model. The offence was created by section 16 of the Theft Act 1968. At the time of its repeal it read: This offence replaced the offence of obtaining credit by fraud, contrary to section 13(1) of the Debtors Act 1869. The elements of the actus reus are similar to the offence of obtaining property by deception: The expression "pecuniary advantage" was defined