Substitute handling the ball without permission

[umpireindia]

In the law, it clearly states that if a player having granted with a substitute, comes into the field of play and handles the ball while the ball is in play, without permission, 5 penalty runs need to be awarded.


What happens if a substitute is taken without permission and he handles the ball?

Do we treat him as an intruder as in some of the playing conditions which asks us to decide if the ball would have reached the boundary or not and give our decisions accordingly. The ball also becomes dead as soon as the intruder touches it.

Though in the law, anybody can act as a substitue, in some playing conditions, they can only be members of the fielding side who can be substitues.

But having known that this substitue is a member of the fielding side, then, do we treat him as a player returning without permisson or as an intruder?

[Number 6]

My reading of this would be that as the umpire has already given permission for a sub to be used then permission has also been implicitly given for that sub to enter the field of play.

Only if the sub subsequently leaves the field and then comes back on can penalties be applied.

Pete

[umpireindia]

What I meant was that there was no request for a substitute at all and the substitute who comes in handles the ball in play.

[umpire]

The answer below is from ASU&S with the consent of MCC.
When a nominated fielder leaves the field of play the umpire is to be informed. The two umpires will then jointly decide whether or not the reason for absence justifies the granting of a substitute under either Law 2.1(a) or Law 2.1(b). If during play a player comes on as a substitute without such permission, the Law has been breached. When the presence of the unauthorised player first becomes apparent, as soon as the ball is dead the umpires will consider what further action to take. Such further action will include either refusing or granting permission for the substitute, and may possibly include reporting the incident as an act of unfair play. If, however, before this action is taken the player makes contact with the ball in play, then the procedure laid down in Law 2.6(i) and (ii) should be followed, before applying the procedure described above.
On the other hand, if a substitute is acting legitimately for a nominated player, he is to be counted as a fielder (see Appendix D - definition of 'fielder') and any Laws applying to a fielder (in particular Laws 2.5 and 2.6) apply to him.

[umpireindia]

Great!!!!

Please help me as to where I can find this in black and white?