CHAPTER VI
The Play ![polish version](../poland.gif)
PART I
PROCEDURE
SECTION TWO
IRREGULARITIES IN PROCEDURE
LAW 47
- RETRACTION OF CARD PLAYED ![polish version](../poland.gif)
- A. To Comply with Penalty
- A card once played may be withdrawn to comply with a penalty (but a
defender's withdrawn card may become a penalty card - see Law 49).
- B. To Correct an Illegal Play
- A played card may be withdrawn to correct an illegal or simultaneous
play (see Law 58 for simultaneous play;
and, for defenders, see Law 49, penalty
card).
- C. To Change an Inadvertent Designation
- A played card may be withdrawn without penalty after a change of designation
as permitted by Law 45C4(b).
- D. Following Opponent's Change of Play
- After an opponent's change of play, a played card may be withdrawn
without penalty (but see Law 62C2)
to substitute another card for the one played.
- E. Change of Play Based on Misinformation
- 1. Lead out of Turn
- A lead out of turn may be retracted without penalty if the leader was
mistakenly informed by an opponent that it was his turn to lead (LHO should
not accept the lead).
- 2. Retraction of Play
- (a) No One Has Subsequently Played
- A player may retract the card he has played because of a mistaken explanation
of an opponent's call or play and before a corrected explanation, but only
if no card was subsequently played to that trick. An opening lead may not
be retracted after dummy has faced any card.
- (b) One or More Subsequent Plays Made
- When it is too late to correct a play, under (a) preceding, Law 40C
applies.
- F. Illegal Retraction
- Except as provided in A through E preceding, a card once played may
not be withdrawn.
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