CHAPTER VI
The Play ![polish version](../poland.gif)
PART III
IRREGULAR LEADS AND PLAYS
SECTION TWO
OTHER IRREGULAR LEADS AND PLAYS
LAW 57
- PREMATURE LEAD OR PLAY BY DEFENDER ![polish version](../poland.gif)
- A. Premature Play, or Lead to Next Trick
- When a defender leads to the next trick before his partner has played
to the current trick, or plays out of turn before his partner has played,
(penalty) the card so led or played becomes a penalty card, and declarer
selects one of the following options. He may:
- 1. Highest Card
- require offender's partner to play the highest card he holds of the
suit led, or
- 2. Lowest Card
- require offender's partner to play the lowest card he holds of the
suit led, or
- 3. Card of Another Suit
- forbid offender's partner to play a card of another suit specified
by declarer.
- B. Offender's Partner Cannot Comply with Penalty
- When offender's partner is unable to comply with the penalty selected
by declarer, he may play any card, as provided in Law 59.
- C. Declarer Has Played from Both Hands before
Irregularity
- A defender is not subject to penalty for playing before his partner
if declarer has played from both hands, or if dummy has played a card or
has illegally suggested that it be played. A singleton in dummy, or one
of cards adjacent in rank of the same suit, is not considered to be automatically
played.
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1997