Leaving Court Unauthorized

[APHP]

Officials Manual--page 86 #379--reads as follows "Officials shall see that each team has five players on the court. The offical responsible for putting the ball in play shall be responsible for counting the players on both teams".Notice the first word is officials and has an S on the end. I say this in my pre-game but add, if the other two officials are not holding up their hands to withhold play, they are just as responsible.