CHAPTER VI
The Play 
PART I
PROCEDURE
SECTION ONE
CORRECT PROCEDURE
LAW 43
- DUMMY'S LIMITATIONS 
Except as specified in Law 42.
- A. Limitations on Dummy
- 1. General Limitations
- (a) Calling the Director
- Unless attention has been drawn to an irregularity by another player,
dummy should not initiate a call for the Director during play.
- (b) Calling Attention to Irregularity
- Dummy may not call attention to an irregularity during play.
- (c) Participate in or Comment on Play
- Dummy must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate anything
about the play to declarer.
- 2. Limitations Carrying Specific Penalty
- (a) Exchanging Hands
- Dummy may not exchange hands with declarer.
- (b) Leave Seat to Watch Declarer
- Dummy may not leave his seat to watch declarer's play of the hand.
- (c) Look at Defender's Hand
- Dummy may not, on his own initiative, look at the face of a card in
either defender's hand.
- B. Penalties for Violation
- 1. General Penalties
- Dummy is liable to penalty under Law 90
for any violation of the limitations listed in A1 or A2 preceding.
- 2. Specific Penalties
- If dummy, after violation of the limitations listed in A2 preceding:
- (a) Warns Declarer on Lead
- warns declarer not to lead from the wrong hand, (penalty) either defender
may choose the hand from which declarer shall lead.
- (b) Asks Declarer about Possible Irregularity
- is the first to ask declarer if a play from declarer's hand constitutes
a revoke, declarer must substitute a correct card if his play was illegal,
and the penalty provisions of Law 64
apply as if the revoke had been established.
- 3. Draws Attention to Defender's
Irregularity
- If dummy, after violation of the limitations listed in A2 preceding
is the first to draw attention to a defender's irregularity, no penalty
shall be imposed. If the defenders benefit directly through their irregularity,
the Director shall award an adjusted score to both sides to restore equity.
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1997