CHAPTER VI
The Play ![polish version](../poland.gif)
PART I
PROCEDURE
SECTION TWO
IRREGULARITIES IN PROCEDURE
LAW 46
- INCOMPLETE OR ERRONEOUS CALL OF CARD FROM DUMMY ![polish version](../poland.gif)
- A. Proper Form for Designating Dummy's Card
- When calling a card to be played from dummy, declarer should clearly
state both the suit and the rank of the desired card.
- B. Incomplete or Erroneous Call
- In case of an incomplete or erroneous call by declarer of the card
to be played from dummy, the following restrictions apply (except when
declarer's different intention is incontrovertible):
- 1. Incomplete Designation of Rank
- If declarer, in playing from dummy, calls "high", or words of like
import, he is deemed to have called the highest card; in fourth seat he
may be deemed to have called for the lowest winning card of the suit indicated;
if he directs dummy to win the trick, he is deemed to have called the lowest
winning card; if he calls "low", or words of like import, he is deemed
to have called the lowest.
- 2. Designates Suit but Not Rank
- If declarer designates a suit but not a rank, he is deemed to have
called the lowest card of the suit indicated.
- 3. Designates Rank but Not Suit
- If declarer designates a rank but not a suit:
- (a) In Leading
- Declarer is deemed to have continued the suit in which dummy won the
preceding trick, provided there is a card of the designated rank in that
suit.
- (b) All Other Cases
- In all other cases, declarer must play a card from dummy of the designated
rank if he can legally do so; but if there are two or more such cards that
can be legally played, declarer must designate which is intended.
- 4. Designates Card Not in Dummy
- If declarer calls a card that is not in dummy, the call is void and
declarer may designate any legal card.
- 5. No Suit or Rank Designated
- If declarer indicates a play without designating either a suit or rank
(as by saying, "play anything", or words of like import), either defender
may designate the play from dummy.
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1997