Chapters:  I - Definitions   II - Preliminaries   III - Preparation and Progression   IV - General Laws Governing Irregularities   V - The Auction   VI - The Play   VII - Proprieties   VIII - The Score   IX - Tournament Sponsorship   X - Tournament Director   XI - Appeals

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Changes in all WWW editions of the English version of the Laws compared to the printed edition published by the EBU:

  1. Three headings have been added - (in Law 9A2(a), in Law 12C3 and in Law 43B3). These headings are all displayed using a grey colour.
  2. The references in the index are to Laws (while they are to page numbers in the printed edition).
  3. The index is slightly extended compared to the index in the printed edition.
Furthermore, from this info-page you have access to two "appendices", which are not parts of the Laws (and which do no not appear in the printed version of the Laws):
 Appendix I  - On Screen Procedures
Appendix II - On Bidding Box Procedures for Use without Screens
Appendix I was included in the final draft from the Drafting Committee. Appendix II is from the EBU.

You can return to the Laws from the two appendices, but not vice versa - except from this info-page.

The English version of the Laws is made from the European version of the Laws (distributed by the European Bridge League). There are two small differences*) in the law text of these two versions, but the Preface to the European version is different from that of the English version.

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*) Law 6D2: 'pack' [EBU] / 'deck' [EBL] - obvious a mistake in the European version.
Law 12C3: 'to achieve equity' [EBU] / 'to do equity' [EBL].

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