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| LAW | IN AID OF BETTER BRIDGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 41 A | THE OPENING LEAD | ||||||||||||||||
| Chapter 1 | The player who has the opening lead may ask a question, or questions, | ||||||||||||||||
| of either declarer or dummy before choosing his opening lead. | |||||||||||||||||
| The opening lead should be placed face down on the table in order that | |||||||||||||||||
| either his partner or declarer may request explanation of an | |||||||||||||||||
| opponents call and must remain face down until there are no more | |||||||||||||||||
| questions. | |||||||||||||||||
| THE FACE - DOWN LEAD MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONLY UPON | |||||||||||||||||
| INSTRUCTION OF THE DIRECTOR AFTER AN IRREGULARITY. | |||||||||||||||||
| BID BOX | The bidding cards should not be returned to the bidding box | ||||||||||||||||
| REGS | until the opening lead has been faced. | ||||||||||||||||
| 41 B | If the opening leader faces his opening lead, without asking for | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 F 2 | questions, declarer still has the right to question either defender | ||||||||||||||||
| before playing from dummy. | |||||||||||||||||
| Declarer or either defender can ask for a review of the bidding at | |||||||||||||||||
| his turn to play his first card, never again during the | |||||||||||||||||
| play of the hand. | |||||||||||||||||
| Declarer or either defender may ask for explanations at his turn to | |||||||||||||||||
| play at any time during the play of the hand. A defender must be | |||||||||||||||||
| careful to avoid the transmission of unauthorised information | |||||||||||||||||
| to partner. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 A SUSPECTED REVOKE. | |||||||||||||||||
| 61 B | Declarer may ask any defender, | ||||||||||||||||
| dummy may ask declarer, | |||||||||||||||||
| and either defender may ask declarer but | |||||||||||||||||
| DEFENDER CANNOT ASK PARTNER, | |||||||||||||||||
| when he has failed to follow suit to a trick, | |||||||||||||||||
| whether or not he has a card of the suit led. | |||||||||||||||||