CHAPTER V
THE AUCTION 

PART I
CORRECT PROCEDURE

SECTION ONE
AUCTION PERIOD

LAW 17 - DURATION OF THE AUCTION 

A. Auction Period Starts

The auction period on a deal begins for a side when either partner looks at the face of his cards.

B. The First Call

The player designated by the board as dealer makes the first call.

C. Successive Calls

The player to dealer's left makes the second call, and thereafter each player calls in turn in a clockwise rotation.

D. Cards from Wrong Board

If a player who has inadvertently picked up the cards from a wrong board makes a call, that call is cancelled. If offender's LHO has called over the cancelled call, the Director shall assign artificial adjusted scores (see Law 90 for penalty) when offender's substituted call differs in any significant way from his cancelled call . If offender subsequently repeats the cancelled call on the board from which he mistakenly drew his cards, the Director may allow that board to be played normally, but the Director shall assign artificial adjusted scores (see Law 90) when offender's call differs in any way from his original cancelled call.

E. End of Auction Period

The auction period ends when all four players pass, or when, after three passes in rotation have followed any call, the opening lead is faced (when a pass out of rotation has been accepted, see Law 34).