CHAPTER VI
The Play ![polish version](../poland.gif)
PART III
IRREGULAR LEADS AND PLAYS
SECTION THREE
THE REVOKE
LAW 62
- CORRECTION OF A REVOKE ![polish version](../poland.gif)
- A. Revoke Must Be Corrected
- A player must correct his revoke if he becomes aware of the irregularity
before it becomes established.
- B. Correcting a Revoke
- To correct a revoke, the offender withdraws the card he played in revoking
and follows suit with any card.
- 1. Defender's Card
- A card so withdrawn becomes a penalty card (Law 50)
if it was played from a defender's unfaced hand.
- 2. Declarer's or Dummy's Card, Defender's Faced Card
- The card may be replaced without penalty if it was played from declarer's
or dummy's hand
, or if it was a defender's faced card.
- C. Subsequent Cards Played to Trick
- 1. By Non-offending Side
- Each member of the non-offending side may, without penalty, withdraw
any card he may have played after the revoke but before attention was drawn
to it (see Law 16C).
- 2. By Partner of Offender
- After a non-offender so withdraws a card, the hand of the offending
side next in rotation may withdraw its played card, which becomes a penalty
card if the player is a defender (see Law 16C).
- D. Revoke on Trick Twelve
- 1. Must be Corrected
- On the twelfth trick, a revoke, even if established, must be corrected
if discovered before all four hands have been returned to the board.
- 2. Offender's Partner Had Not Played to Trick Twelve
- If a revoke by a defender occurred before it was the turn of his partner
to play to the twelfth trick, and if offender's partner has cards of two
suits, (penalty) offender's partner may not choose the play that could
possibly have been suggested by seeing the revoke card.
Subject to Law 43B2(b)
, when dummy has forfeited his rights. A claim of revoke does not warrant
inspection of quitted tricks except as permitted in Law 66C.
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