Warning; increasing or reducing the remaining time of a player; Awarding or deducting points; declaring the game lost by a player; Imposing a fine; exclusion from one or more rounds; expulsion from the competition
Why people argue about this
People often assume that under Art. 12.9 of FIDE Chess rules, an arbiter can only impose fines in monetary form, forgetting that it includes imposing a fine on players, which could be anything from forfeiting games to being banned from the competition entirely—thus leading to misunderstandings about what exactly constitutes a "fine.
