If Hamilton had faced some form of obvious impairment for going off, the question of an official penalty would not have needed to be raised.
No official penalty will be imposed on anyone spotted puffing away at a cigarette, pipe, cigar or e-cigarette, but signs will be set up and beach users encouraged to self-police it.
The process is actually very similar to that for an official penalty charge notice – you contact the organisation that issued the parking charge in the first instance and appeal to them – first informally and then formally.
Never mind that Cruyff was not the first to succeed with this type of penalty – that was the brilliant Rik Coppens, for Belgium, in 1957 – but more significantly, this was the first, and indeed only, official penalty he took for Ajax, after 10 years and more than 250 appearances for the team.
Gay Israeli soldiers apparently don't go around flaunting their sexuality even though there isn't any official penalty for doing so.
"More is coming," said White House spokesman Jay Carney, a day after the United States slapped sanctions on 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials, penalties that some critics said did not go far enough to get Moscow's attention.
There are many more rules and variations in croquet, from official tournament penalties for different errors, to special balls with the ability to remove opponents' balls from the game.
Officials said penalties could include voting against loans from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
State consumer affairs officials said penalties for misleading ads have not been specified.
