INTERNATIONAL RULES OF BASKETBALL

The most recent international rules of basketball were approved on 26 April, 2008 by FIBA and became effective as of 1 October that year.[4]
There are eight rules encompassing fifty articles, covering equipment and facilities, regulations regarding teams, players, captains and coaches, playing regulations, violations, fouls and their penalties, special situations, and the officials and table officials. The rules also cover officials' signals, the scoresheet, protest procedure, classification of teams and television time-outs.