Promulgating Bodies
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Preface to the North American Edition
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Scope of the Laws
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CHAPTER I - Definitions
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CHAPTER II - Preliminaries
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Law 1 - The Pack - Rank of Cards and Suits |
| | | Law 2 - The Duplicate Boards
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| | | Law 3 - Arrangement of Tables
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| | | Law 4 - Partnerships
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| | | Law 5 - Assignment of Seats
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| | | | A. Initial Position |
| | | | B. Change of Direction or Table
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CHAPTER III - Preparation and Progression
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| | | Law 6 - The Shuffle and Deal
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| | | | A. The Shuffle
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| | | | B. The Deal
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| | | | C. Representation of Both Pairs
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| | | | D. New Shuffle and Redeal
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| | | | E. Director's Option on Shuffling and Dealing
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| | | | F. Duplication of Board
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| | | Law 7 - Control of Board and Cards
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| | | | A. Placement of Board
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| | | | B. Removal of Cards from Board
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| | | | C. Returning Cards to Board
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| | | | D. Responsibility for Procedures
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| | | Law 8 - Sequence of Rounds
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| | | | A. Movement of Boards and Players
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| | | | B. End of Round
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| | | | C. End of Last Round and End of Session
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CHAPTER IV - General Laws Governing Irregularities
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| | | Law 9 - Procedure Following an Irregularity
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| | | | A. Calling Attention to an Irregularity
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| | | | B. After Attention Is Called to an Irregularity
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| | | | C. Premature Correction of an Irregularity
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| | | Law 10 - Assessment of a Penalty
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| | | | A. Right to Assess Penalty
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| | | | B. Cancellation of Payment or Waiver of Penalty
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| | | | C. Choice after Irregularity
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| | | Law 11 - Forfeiture of the Right to Penalize
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| | | | A. Action by Non-Offending Side
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| | | | B. Irregularity Called by Spectator
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| | | | C. Penalty after Forfeiture of the Right to Penalize
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| | | Law 12 - Director's Discretionary Powers
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| | | | A. Right to Award an Adjusted Score
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| | | | B. No Adjustment for Undue Severity of Penalty
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| | | | C. Awarding an Adjusted Score
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| | | Law 13 - Incorrect Number of Cards
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| | | | A. No Player Has Seen Another's Card
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| | | | B. A Player Has Seen Another Player's Card(s)
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| | | | C. Play Completed
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| | | Law 14 - Missing Card
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| | | | A. Hand Found Deficient before Play Commences
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| | | | B. Hand Found Deficient Afterwards
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| | | Law 15 - Play of a Wrong Board
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| | | | A. Players Have Not Previously Played Board
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| | | | B. One or More Players Have Previously Played Board
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| | | | C. Discovered during Auction
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| | | Law 16 - Unauthorized Information
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| | | | A. Extraneous Information from Partner
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| | | | B. Extraneous Information from Other Sources
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| | | | C. Information from Withdrawn Calls and Plays
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CHAPTER V - The Auction
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| PART I - Correct Procedure |
| SECTION ONE - Auction Period
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| Law 17 - Duration of the Auction
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| | | | A. Auction Period Starts
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| | | | B. The First Call
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| | | | C. Successive Calls
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| | | | D. Cards from Wrong Board
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| | | | E. End of Auction Period
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| Law 18 - Bids
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| | | | A. Proper Form
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| | | | B. To Supersede a Bid
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| | | | C. Sufficient Bid
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| | | | D. Insufficient Bid
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| | | | E. Rank of the Denominations
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| | | | F. Different Methods
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| Law 19 - Doubles and Redoubles
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| | | | A. Doubles
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| | | | B. Redoubles
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| | | | C. Double or Redouble Superseded
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| | | | D. Scoring a Doubled or Redoubled Contract
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| Law 20 - Review and Explanation of Calls
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| | | | A. Call Not Clearly Heard
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| | | | B. Review of Auction during Auction Period
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| | | | C. Review after Final Pass
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| | | | D. Who May Review the Auction
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| | | | E. Correction of Error in Review
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| | | | F. Explanation of Calls
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| Law 21 - Call Based on Misinformation
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| | | | A. Call Based on Caller's Misunderstanding
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| | | | B. Call Based on Misinformation from an Opponent
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| SECTION TWO - Auction Has Ended
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| Law 22 - Procedure After the Auction Has Ended |
| | | | A. No Player Has Bid
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| | | | B. One or More Players Have Bid
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| PART II - Irregularities in Procedure
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| Law 23 - Damaging Enforced Pass
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| SECTION ONE - Exposed Card, Auction Period
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| Law 24 - Card Exposed or Led during Auction
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| | | | A. Low Card Not Prematurely Led
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| | | | B. Single Card of Honor Rank or Card Prematurely Led
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| | | | C. Two or More Cards Are Exposed
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| SECTION TWO - Changes of Calls
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| Law 25 - Legal and Illegal Changes of Call
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| | | | A. Immediate Correction of Inadvertency
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| | | | B. Delayed or Purposeful Correction
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| Law 26 - Call Withdrawn, Lead Penalties
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| | | | A. Call Related to Specific Suit
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| | | | B. Other Withdrawn Calls
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| SECTION THREE - Insufficient Bid
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| Law 27 - Insufficient Bid
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| | | | A. Insufficient Bid Accepted
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| | | | B. Insufficient Bid Not Accepted
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| | | | C. Insufficient Bid out of Rotation
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| SECTION FOUR - Call out of Rotation
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| Law 28 - Calls Considered to Be in Rotation
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| | | | A. RHO Required to Pass
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| | | | B. Call by Correct Player Canceling Call out of Rotation
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| Law 29 - Procedure after a Call out of Rotation
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| | | | A. Forfeiture of Right to Penalize
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| | | | B. Out-of-Rotation Call Canceled
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| | | | C. Call out of Rotation Is Conventional
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| Law 30 - Pass out of Rotation
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| | | | A. Before Any Player Has Bid
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| | | | B. After Any Player Has Bid
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| | | | C. When Pass Is a Convention
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| Law 31 - Bid out of Rotation
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| | | | A. RHO's Turn
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| | | | B. Partner's or LHO's Turn
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| Law 32 - Double or Redouble out of Rotation
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| | | | A. Made at Offender's Partner's Turn to Call
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| | | | B. Made at RHO's Turn to Call
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| Law 33 - Simultaneous Calls
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| Law 34 - Retention of Right to Call
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| Law 35 - Inadmissible Call Condoned
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| | | | A. Double or Redouble
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| | | | B. Action by Player Required to Pass
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| | | | C. Bid of More than Seven
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| | | | D. Call after Final Pass
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| SECTION FIVE - Inadmissible Calls
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| Law 36 - Inadmissible Double or Redouble
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| Law 37 - Action Violating Obligation to Pass
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| Law 38 - Bid of More Than Seven
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| Law 39 - Call after Final Pass
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| | | | A. Pass, or Call by Declaring Side
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| | | | B. Other Action by Defender
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| SECTION SIX - Conventions and Agreements
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| Law 40 - Partnership Understandings
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| | | | A. Right to Choose Call or Play
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| | | | B. Concealed Partnership Understandings Prohibited
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| | | | C. Director's Option
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| | | | D. Regulation of Conventions
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| | | | E. Convention Card
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CHAPTER VI - The Play
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| PART I - Procedure
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| SECTION ONE - Correct Procedure
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| Law 41 - Commencement of Play
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| | | | A. Face-down Opening Lead
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| | | | B. Review of Auction, and Questions
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| | | | C. Opening Lead Faced
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| | | | D. Dummy's Hand
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| Law 42 - Dummy's Rights
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| | | | A. Absolute Rights
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| | | | B. Qualified Rights
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| Law 43 - Dummy's Limitations
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| | | | A. Limitations on Dummy
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| | | | B. Penalties for Violation
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| Law 44 - Sequence and Procedure of Play
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| | | | A. Lead to a Trick
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| | | | B. Subsequent Plays to a Trick
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| | | | C. Requirement to Follow Suit
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| | | | D. Inability to Follow Suit
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| | | | E. Tricks Containing Trumps
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| | | | F. Tricks Not Containing Trumps
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| | | | G. Lead to Tricks Subsequent to First Trick
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| Law 45 - Card Played
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| | | | A. Play of Card from a Hand
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| | | | B. Play of Card from Dummy
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| | | | C. Compulsory Play of Card
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| | | | D. Card Misplayed by Dummy
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| | | | E. Fifth Card Played to Trick
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| | | | F. Dummy Indicates Card
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| | | | G. Turning the Trick
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| SECTION TWO - Irregularities in Procedure |
| Law 46 - Incomplete or Erroneous Call of Card from Dummy
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| | | | A. Proper Form for Designating Dummy's Card
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| | | | B. Incomplete or Erroneous Call
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| Law 47 - Retraction of Card Played
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| | | | A. To Comply with Penalty
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| | | | B. To Correct an Illegal Play
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| | | | C. To Change an Inadvertent Designation
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| | | | D. Following Opponent's Change of Play
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| | | | E. Change of Play Based on Misinformation
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| | | | F. Illegal Retraction
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| PART II - Penalty Card
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| Law 48 - Exposure of Declarer's Cards
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| | | | A. Declarer Exposes a Card
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| | | | B. Declarer Faces Cards
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| Law 49 - Exposure of a Defender's Cards
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| Law 50 - Disposition of Penalty Card
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| | | | A. Penalty Card Remains Exposed
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| | | | B. Major or Minor Penalty Card?
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| | | | C. Disposition of Minor Penalty Card
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| | | | D. Disposition of Major Penalty Card
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| Law 51 - Two or More Penalty Cards
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| | | | A. Offender's Turn to Play
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| | | | B. Offender's Partner to Lead
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| Law 52 - Failure to Lead or Play a Penalty Card
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| | | | A. Defender Fails to Play Penalty Card
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| | | | B. Defender Plays Another Card
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| PART III - Irregular Leads and Plays
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| SECTION ONE - Lead out of Turn
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| Law 53 - Lead out of Turn Accepted
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| | | | A. Lead out of Turn Treated as Correct Lead
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| | | | B. Wrong Defender Plays Card to Declarer's Irregular Lead
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| | | | C. Proper Lead Made Subsequent to Irregular Lead
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| Law 54 - Faced Opening Lead out of Turn
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| | | | A. Declarer Spreads His Hand
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| | | | B. Declarer Accepts Lead
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| | | | C. Declarer Must Accept Lead
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| | | | D. Declarer Refuses Opening Lead
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| Law 55 - Declarer's Lead out of Turn
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| | | | A. Declarer's Lead Accepted
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| | | | B. Declarer Required to Retract Lead
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| | | | C. Declarer Might Obtain Information
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| Law 56 - Defender's Lead out of Turn
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| SECTION TWO - Other Irregular Leads and Plays
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| Law 57 - Premature Lead or Play by Defender
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| | | | A. Premature Play or Lead to Next Trick
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| | | | B. Offender's Partner Cannot Comply with Penalty
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| | | | C. Declarer Has Played from Both Hands before Irregularity
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| Law 58 - Simultaneous Leads or Plays
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| | | | A. Simultaneous Plays by Two Players
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| | | | B. Simultaneous Cards from One Hand
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| Law 59 - Inability to Lead or Play as Required
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| Law 60 - Play after an Illegal Play
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| | | | A. Play of Card after Irregularity
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| | | | B. Defender Plays before Required Lead by Declarer
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| | | | C. Play by Offending Side before Assessment of Penalty
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| SECTION THREE - The Revoke
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| Law 61 - Failure to Follow Suit - Inquiries Concerning a Revoke
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| | | | A. Definition of Revoke
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| | | | B. Right to Inquire about a Possible Revoke
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| Law 62 - Correction of a Revoke
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| | | | A. Revoke Must Be Corrected
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| | | | B. Correcting a Revoke
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| | | | C. Subsequent Cards Played to Trick
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| | | | D. Revoke on Trick Twelve
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| Law 63 - Establishment of a Revoke
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| | | | A. Revoke Becomes Established
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| | | | B. Attention Is Illegally Drawn
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| | | | C. Revoke May Not Be Corrected
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| Law 64 - Procedure after Establishment of a Revoke
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| | | | A. Penalty Assessed
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| | | | B. No Penalty Assessed
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| | | | C. Director Responsible for Equity
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| PART IV - Tricks
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| Law 65 - Arrangement of Tricks
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| | | | A. Completed Trick
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| | | | B. Keeping Track of the Ownership of Tricks
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| | | | C. Orderliness
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| | | | D. Agreement on Results of Play
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| Law 66 - Inspection of Tricks
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| | | | A. Current Trick
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| | | | B. Own Last Card
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| | | | C. Quitted Tricks
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| | | | D. After the Conclusion of Play
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| Law 67 - Defective Trick
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| | | | A. Before Both Sides Play to Next Trick
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| | | | B. After Both Sides Play to Next Trick
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| PART V - Claims and Concessions
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| Law 68 - Claim or Concession of Tricks
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| | | | A. Claim Defined
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| | | | B. Concession Defined
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| | | | C. Clarification Required for Claim
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| | | | D. Play Ceases
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| Law 69 - Acquiescence in Claim or Concession
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| | | | A. When Acquiescence Occurs
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| | | | B. Acquiescence in Claim Withdrawn
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| Law 70 - Contested Claims
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| | | | A. General Objective
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| | | | B. Clarification Statement Repeated
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| | | | C. There Is an Outstanding Trump
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| | | | D. Claimer Proposes New Line of Play
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| | | | E. Unstated Line of Play (Finesse or Drop)
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| Law 71 - Concession Canceled
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| | | | A. Trick Cannot Be Lost
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| | | | B. Contract Already Fulfilled or Defeated
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| | | | C. Implausible Concession
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CHAPTER VII - Proprieties
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| Law 72 - General Principles
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| | | | A. Observance of Laws
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| | | | B. Infraction of Law
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| Law 73 - Communication between Partners
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| | | | A. Proper Communication between Partners
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| | | | B. Inappropriate Communication between Partners
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| | | | C. Player Receives Unauthorized Information from Partner
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| | | | D. Variations in Tempo or Manner
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| | | | E. Deception
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| | | | F. Violation of Proprieties
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| Law 74 - Conduct and Etiquette
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| | | | A. Proper Attitude
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| | | | B. Etiquette
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| | | | C. Violation of Procedure
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| Law 75 - Partnership Agreements
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| | | | A. Special Partnership Agreements
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| | | | B. Violations of Partnership Agreements
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| | | | C. Answering Questions on Partnership Agreements
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| | | | D. Correcting Errors in Explanation
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| Law 76 - Spectators
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| | | | A. Conduct during Bidding or Play
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| | | | B. Spectator Participation
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CHAPTER VIII - The Score
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| Law 77 - Duplicate Bridge Scoring Table
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| Law 78 - Methods of Scoring
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| | | | A. Matchpoint Scoring
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| | | | B. International Matchpoint Scoring
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| | | | C. Total Point Scoring
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| | | | D. Special Scoring Methods
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| Law 79 - Tricks Won
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| | | | A. Agreement on Tricks Won
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| | | | B. Disagreement on Tricks Won
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| | | | C. Error in Score
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CHAPTER IX - Tournament Sponsorship
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| Law 80 - Sponsoring Organization
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| | | | A. Tournament Director
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| | | | B. Advance Arrangements
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| | | | C. Session Times
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| | | | D. Conditions of Entry
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| | | | E. Special Conditions
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| | | | F. Supplementary Regulations
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| | | | G. Appeals
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CHAPTER X - Tournament Director
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| SECTION ONE - Responsibilities
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| Law 81 - Duties and Powers
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| | | | A. Official Status
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| | | | B. Restrictions and Responsibilities
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| | | | C. Director's Duties and Powers
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| | | | D. Delegation of Duties
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| Law 82 - Rectification of Errors of Procedure
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| | | | A. Director's Duty
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| | | | B. Rectification of Error
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| | | | C. Director's Error
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| Law 83 - Notification of the Right to Appeal
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| SECTION TWO - Rulings
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| Law 84 - Rulings on Agreed Facts
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| | | | A. No Penalty
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| | | | B. Penalty under Law
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| | | | C. Player's Option
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| | | | D. Director's Option
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| | | | E. Discretionary Penalty
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| Law 85 - Rulings on Disputed Facts
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| | | | A. Director's Assessment
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| | | | B. Facts Not Determined
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| SECTION THREE - Correction of Irregularities
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| Law 86 - In Team Play
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| | | | A. Average Score at IMP Play
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| | | | B. Non-balancing Adjustments, Knockout Play
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| | | | C. Substitute Board
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| Law 87 - Fouled Board
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| | | | A. Definition
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| | | | B. Scoring the Fouled Board
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| SECTION FOUR - Penalties
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| Law 88 - Award of Indemnity Points
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| Law 89 - Penalties in Individual Events
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| Law 90 - Procedural Penalties
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| | | | A. Director's Authority
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| | | | B. Offenses Subject to Penalty
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| Law 91 - Penalize or Suspend
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| | | | A. Director's Power
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| | | | B. Right to Disqualify
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CHAPTER XI - Appeals
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| Law 92 - Right to Appeal
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| | | | A. Contestant's Right
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| | | | B. Time of Appeal
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| | | | C. How to Appeal
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| | | | D. Concurrence of Appellants
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| Law 93 - Procedures of Appeal
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| | | | A. No Appeals Committee
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| | | | B. Appeals Committee Available
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| | | | C. Appeal to National Authority
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Index
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