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1993 A |
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1. GENERAL PRINCIPALS |
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The Laws cannot
cover every situation that might arise, nor can they produce equity in every
situation covered. |
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Occasionally the players themselves must redress damage. The
guiding principle: the side that commits an irregularity |
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bears an obligation not to gain directly from the infraction
itself; however the offending side is entitled to profit after an |
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infraction, as an indirect result, through subsequent good
fortune. |
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2. Communication
Between Partners |
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Communication between partners during
the auction and play should be effected only by means of the calls and plays |
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themselves, not through the manner in which they are made, nor
through extraneous remarks and gestures, nor through |
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questions asked of the opponents and explanations given to
them. Calls should be made in a uniform tone without |
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special emphasis or inflection, and without undue hesitation
or haste. Plays should be made without emphasis, gesture |
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or mannerism and, so far as possible, at a uniform rate. |
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Inadvertantly to
vary the tempo or manner in which a call or play is made does not in itself
constitute a violation of |
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propriety, but inferences from such variation may properly be
drawn only by an opponent, and at his own risk. It is |
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improper to attempt to mislead an opponent by means of a
remark or a gesture, through the haste or hesitancy of a call |
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or play (such as hesitation with a singleton), or by the
manner in which the call or play is made. |
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Any player may properly attempt to
deceive an oppopnent through a call or play (so long as the deception is
not |
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protected by concealed partnership understanding). It is
entirely proper to make all calls and plays in unvarying tempo |
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and manner in order to avoid giving information to the
opponents. |
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When a player has available to him
improper information from his partner's remark, question, explanation,
gesture, |
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mannerism, special emphasis, inflection, haste or hesitancy,
he should carefully avoid taking any advantage that might |
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accrue to his side. |
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3. Conduct
and Etiquette (N.B.This is an extract from 3) |
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A player should
maintain at all times a courteous attitude towards his partner and opponents.
He should carefully |
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avoid any remark or action that might cause annoyance or
embarrassment to another player or might interfere with the |
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enjoyment of the game. |
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4.Partnership
Agreements (N.B. This is an extract from 4) |
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It is improper to convey information to
partner by means of a call or play based on special partnership
agreement, |
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whether implicit or explicit, unless such information is fully
and freely available to the opponents. |
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It is not improper
for a player to violate an announced partnership agreement, so long as his
partner is unaware of the |
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violation (but habitual violations within a partnership may
create implicit agreements, which must be disclosed). No player |
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has the obligation to disclose to the opponents that he has
violated an announced agreement; and if the opponents are |
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subsequently damaged as through drawing a false inference from
such violation, they are not entitled to redress. |
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