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White Book – November 2003 – Chapter VI
Law 43
Dummy’s Limitations
43.1 Law 43B2B [Specific penalties after dummy loses rights] [WBFLC]
If dummy has lost his rights, but asks declarer whether he has revoked, and in fact
declarer has revoked, then declarer must substitute a correct card. The revoke
penalties in Law 64 apply, ie declarer might be penalised one, two or no tricks,
dependent on whether declarer wins this trick [with the substituted card], a later trick
with a card he could legally have played to this trick, and how many tricks declarer and
dummy win from this moment on.
Examples:
Declarer plays a heart, dummy [who has earlier looked at a defender’s hand and so
lost his rights] says “no clubs, partner?”, and declarer finds a club. Declarer plays the
club instead of the heart.
(a) He wins this trick but no other subsequent ones: one trick penalty since
tricks before the revoke are never transferred.
(b) He wins this trick and other subsequent ones: two trick penalty since he
won the revoke trick.
(c) Dummy wins this trick and other subsequent ones, but none in declarer’s
hand: one trick penalty since he neither won the revoke trick nor a later trick
with a card he could have played to the revoke trick.
[WBFLC minutes 2000-01-12#2 explaining a decision in October 1983 and a
reference in WBFLC minutes 1998-09-01#9]
Law 45
Card played
45.1 Declarer picks up card from dummy "if necessary"
In Law 45B it is said that declarer may, if necessary, pick up a card from dummy to play
it. The term "if necessary" refers to the times when dummy is not present, or where
declarer or dummy have some medical reason that makes it difficult to play cards in the
normal way. It should not be used as a catch-all excuse to allow declarer to pick the
cards up for no other reason than he has played dummy this way for thirty years.
45.2 Law 45C4B [What is inadvertent?] [WBFLC]
See reference to Law 25A in #25.4
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