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A. |
Observance of
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1. |
General Obligation on
Contestants |
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Duplicate bridge tournaments should be played in strict
accordance with the Laws. |
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2. |
Scoring of Tricks Won |
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A player must not knowingly accept either the score for a
trick that his side did not win or the concession of a trick that his opponents
could not lose. |
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3. |
Waiving of Penalties |
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In duplicate tournaments a player may not, on his own
initiative, waive a penalty for an opponents infraction, even if he feels
that he has not been damaged (but he may ask the Director to do so see
Law 81C8). |
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4. |
Non-offenders Exercise of Legal
Options |
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When these Laws provide the innocent side with an option after
an irregularity committed by an opponent, it is appropriate to select that
action most advantageous. |
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5. |
Offenders Options |
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Subject to Law 16C2, after the
offending side has paid the prescribed penalty for an inadvertent infraction,
it is appropriate for the offenders to make any call or play advantageous to
their side, even though they thereby appear to profit through their own
infraction. |
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6. |
Responsibility for Enforcement of
Laws |
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The responsibility for penalising irregularities and
redressing damage rests solely upon the Director and these Laws, not upon the
players themselves. |
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B. |
Infraction of
Law |
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1. |
Adjusted Score |
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Whenever the Director deems that an offender could have known
at the time of his irregularity that the irregularity would be likely to damage
the non-offending side, he shall require the auction and play to continue,
afterwards awarding an adjusted score if he considers that the offending side
gained an advantage through the irregularity. |
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2. |
Intentional |
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A player must not infringe a law intentionally, even if there
is a prescribed penalty he is willing to pay. |
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3. |
Inadvertent Infraction |
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There is no obligation to draw attention to an inadvertent
infraction of law committed by ones own side (but see footnote to
Law 75 for a mistaken explanation). |
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4. |
Concealing an Infraction |
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A player may not attempt to conceal an inadvertent infraction,
as by committing a second revoke, concealing a card involved in a revoke or
mixing the cards prematurely. |