Disciplinary Matters

Report by Member or Club Member

The Disciplinary Regulations state the following regarding the filing of a report by a Member or a club member:

1. A report of an infringement may be filed, in addition to the Board, by a Member or a Club member who, by participating as a Player or club umpire, has personally become aware of that infringement. A report by a neutral spectator or a non-cricket member of a multi-sport club is not permitted. They may, however, inform the Board in writing of what has been observed. In that case, the Board may file a report if it sees grounds to do so.
2. The report by a Member or a Club member must, under penalty of inadmissibility, be sent in writing to the Board (at the address cricket@kncb.nl) within ten days after the reporting party became aware of the infringement or could reasonably have become aware of it.
3. The Report must contain as accurate a description as possible of the nature of the Offense, the place and time at which it is alleged to have been committed, as well as the names of the Person(s) Concerned and any witness(es).
4. The Report must, under penalty of inadmissibility, be made using the form "reporting form for third parties" available on the Association's website, accompanied by the necessary supporting evidence. This form must be completed in full.
   1. If the form is not completed in full, the Board will send one (1) reminder to the Reporter by letter (e-mail). The original time limit within which the Report must be made according to paragraph 2 remains in effect.
   2. If the Report has not been made via this form, the Board will send a letter (e-mail) to the Reporter referring to this paragraph. The time limit mentioned in paragraph 2 remains in effect.
   3. If no Report has been made via the form in question by the last day as referred to in paragraph 2, one (1) reminder will follow. An additional period of 2 days will then commence.
   4. In exceptional circumstances to be assessed by the Board, the Board may grant an exemption from the time limits mentioned in this paragraph. A new time limit will then be set. 
5. Costs are associated with filing a Declaration as referred to in paragraph 1. The costs amount to €100 (one hundred euros) if the Declaration is filed by a Member and to €50 (fifty euros) if the Declaration is filed by an Association Member.
6. The Board shall not commence the processing of any Declaration until the due costs have been credited to one of the Association's accounts, provided, however, that the Board declares a Declaration inadmissible if the said costs have not been paid within two weeks after the Declaration has been filed.
   1. If the due costs have been credited in time, the Board shall subsequently decide:
   2. whether to accept the Declaration as if it were a Declaration by the Board itself;
   3. whether to impose an Administrative Sanction;
   4. whether to institute prosecution with the ISR;
   5. or whether it forwards the Report to the Disciplinary Committee;
   6. or whether it takes no further action.
      
7. The Board shall take this decision no later than the fifth day after it has received the costs due. The Board shall communicate its decision to the Reporting Party.
8. The Board may decide to adopt a Report as referred to in this article as if it were a Report by the Board itself. In that case, the costs mentioned in paragraph 5 shall be fully reimbursed by the Association.
9. An appeal against a decision of the Board as referred to in paragraph 7 under (v) is possible with the Appeals Committee (see Internal Regulations, Article 13.8). The Committee will then conduct a marginal review of whether the Board could reasonably have reached this decision.

The text on this webpage is intended for information purposes only. No rights may be derived from this text. We advise at all times that anyone wishing to file a report consults the latest version of the Disciplinary Regulations on the KNCB website.

2025 and onwards: see the NL-site