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j. General In the event the utilisation of any of the foregoing permitted commercial identifications would violate any governmental regulation with respect to television, then the same shall be prohibited. For the purposes of this Rule, the manufacturer means the manufacturer of the clothing or equipment in question. In addition, the size limitation shall be ascertained by determining the area of the actual patch or other addition to a player's clothing without regard to the colour of the same. In determining area, depending on the shape of the patch or other addition, a circle, triangle or rectangle shall be drawn around the same and the size of the patch for the purpose of this Rule shall be the area within the circumference of the circle or the perimeter of the triangle or rectangle as the case may be. When a solid colour patch is the same colour as the clothing, then in determining the area, the size of the actual patch will be based on the size of the identification. 4. Warm-up Clothing Players may wear warm-up clothing during the warm-up and during a match provided it complies with the foregoing provisions and provided further that the players obtain approval of the Referee prior to wearing warm-up clothing during a match. 5. Change/Taping Any player who violates this Section may be ordered by the Chair Umpire, Grand Slam Supervisor or Referee to change his attire or equipment immediately. No taping over of such attire shall be allowed. Failure of a player to comply with such order may result in immediate default. 6. Fines Any player who violates this Section and is not defaulted shall be subject to the following fines: a. Unacceptable Attire and Doubles Team Attire Violation of the provisions with respect to Unacceptable Attire or Doubles Team Attire shall result in a fine of up to $20,000. b. Manufacturer's Identification Violation of the provisions with respect to identifications shall result in a fine of up to $20,000. c. manufacturer's Commercial Identification Violation of the provisions with respect to commercial identifications shall result in a fine of up to $20,000. 41

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