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Players are authorised to
base their calls and plays on information from legal calls and or
plays, and from mannerisms of opponents. To base a call or play on
other extraneous information may be an infraction of law. |
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Extraneous Information from Partner |
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After a player makes available
to his partner extraneous information that may suggest a call or play,
as by means of a remark, a question, a reply to a question, or by
unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture,
movement, mannerism or the like, the partner may not choose from among
logical alternative actions one that could demonstrably have been
suggested over another by the extraneous information. |
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When
Such Information Is Given |
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When a player considers that
an opponent has made such information available and that damage could
well result, he may, unless the regulations of the sponsoring organisation
prohibit, immediately announce that he reserves the right to summon
the Director later (the opponents should summon the Director immediately
if they dispute the fact that unauthorised information might have
been conveyed). |
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2. |
When
Illegal Alternative Is Chosen |
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When a player has substantial
reason to believe (2) that an opponent who had
a logical alternative has chosen an action that could have been suggested
by such information, he should summon the Director forthwith. The
Director shall require the auction and play to continue, standing
ready to assign an adjusted score if he considers that an infraction
of law has resulted in damage. |
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B. |
Extraneous Information from Other Sources |
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When a player accidentally
receives unauthorised information about a board he is playing or has
yet to play, as by looking at the wrong hand; by overhearing calls,
results or remarks; by seeing cards at another table; or by seeing
a card belonging to another player at his own table before the auction
begins, the Director should be notified forthwith, preferably by the
recipient of the information. If the Director considers that the information
could interfere with normal play, he may: |
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Adjust
Positions |
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if the type of contest and
scoring permit, adjust the players positions at the table, so
that the player with information about one hand will hold that hand;
or, |
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Appoint
Substitute |
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with the concurrence of all
four players, appoint a temporary substitute to replace the player
who received the unauthorised information; or, |
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Award
an Adjusted Score |
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forthwith award an artificial
adjusted score. |
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C. |
Information from Withdrawn Calls and Plays |
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A call or play may be withdrawn,
and another substituted, either by a non-offending side after an opponents
infraction or by an offending side to rectify an infraction. |
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Non-offending Side |
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For the non-offending side, all information
arising from a withdrawn action is authorised, whether the action
be its own or its opponents. |
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Offending Side |
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For the offending side, information arising
from its own withdrawn action and from withdrawn actions of the non-offending
side is unauthorised. A player of the offending side may not choose
from among logical alternative actions one that could demonstrably
have been suggested over another by the unauthorised information. |
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(2) When play ends; or,
as to dummy's hand, when dummy is exposed. |