Summarized Penalties
For the benefit of those who wish to hastily ascertain the penalty for
an offense or to refer to the law upon the subject, the following table
of summarized penalties has been prepared. It does not include every
possible penalty, but merely those of most frequent occurrence.
OFFENSE PENALTY LAW
Revoke by Declarer 150 points 84 a
Revoke by Adversary 150 points or 3 tricks 84 b
Revoke by Dummy None 63
Second revoke in same hand 100 points 84 c
Lead out of turn by Declarer None 77
{ Exposed card
Lead out of turn by Adversary { or 76
{ Called lead
Card exposed during deal New deal 37 c
{ Partner cannot bid nor
Card exposed after deal and { lead suit of card and card 65
before end of bidding { may be called
{ May be called and if exposed
Card exposed after end of { by Third Hand that suit 66
bidding and before lead { not be led
Card exposed { Declarer None 72
during {
play by { Adversary May be called { 67
{ 72
Two or more cards played at All may be called 70
once by adversary
Not playing to trick New deal 81
Playing 2 cards to trick Liable for revoke 82
Playing with less than 13 cards Liable for revoke 38
Holding 14 cards New deal 37 d
Misdeal New deal { 36
{ 37
Dealing out of turn or with May be corrected before 40
wrong cards last card is dealt
Declaration out of turn New deal 49
Double out of turn New deal 57
Pass out of turn None 49
Insufficient declaration Made sufficient and partner 50
debarred from bidding
Impossible declaration Made 7 tricks and partner 50
debarred from bidding; or
new deal; or previous
declaration may be made final
Dummy's calling attention to Penalty for offense 61
eliminated any offense
Dummy's suggesting a play It may be required or 62
prohibited
Declarer's naming or touching May have to play it 64
card in Dummy
Adversary's calling attention Partner may be required to 92
to trick play highest or lowest card
or win or lose trick
Giving information about Called lead 51
bidding after final bid
Fourth Hand playing before Second Hand may be required 80
Second to play highest or
lowest card or win or lose
trick
Cutting more than one card Must take highest 16
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