Index to The OKb Laws
(Draft 2)
revision marked against the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge - 1997 (European Edition)
Chapters and Laws
CHAPTER I - DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER II - PRELIMINARIES
Law 1 - The Pack - Rank of Cards an Suits
Law 2 - The Duplicate Boards
Law 3 - Arrangements of Table
Law 4 - Partnerships
Law 5 - Assignment of Seats
CHAPTER III - PREPARATION AND PROGRESSION
Law 6 - The Shuffle and Deal
Law 7 - Control of Boards and Cards
Law 8 - Sequence of Rounds
CHAPTER IV - GENERAL LAWS GOVERNING IRREGULARITIES
Law 9 - Procedure Following an Irregularity
Law 10 - Assessment of Penalty
Law 11 - Forfeiture of the Right to Penalize
Law 12 - Director's Discretionary Powers
Law 13 - Incorrect Number of Cards
Law 14 - Missing Card
Law 15 - Play of a Wrong Board
Law 16 - Unauthorized Information
CHAPTER V - THE AUCTION
Law 17 - Duration of the Auction
Law 18 - Bids
Law 19 - Doubles and Redoubles
Law 20 - Review and Explanation of Calls
Law 21 - Call Based on Misinformation
Law 22 - Procedure after the Auction Has Ended
Law 23 - Damaging Enforced Pass
Law 24 - Card Exposed or Led During Auction
Law 25 - Legal and Illegal Changes of Call
Law 26 - Call Withdrawn, Lead Penalties
Law 27 - Insufficient Bid
Law 28 - Calls Considered to Be in Rotation
Law 29 - Procedure after a Call out of Rotation
Law 30 - Pass out of Rotation
Law 31 - Bid out of Rotation
Law 32 - Double or Redouble out of Rotation
Law 33 - Simultaneous Calls
Law 34 - Retention of Right to Call
Law 35 - Inadmissible Call Condoned
Law 36 - Inadmissible Double or Redouble
Law 37 - Action Violating Obligation to Pass
Law 38 - Bid of More than Seven
Law 39 - Call after Final Pass
Law 40 - Partnership Understandings
CHAPTER VI - THE PLAY
Law 41 - Commencement of Play
Law 42 - Dummy's Rights
Law 43 - Dummy's Limitations
Law 44 - Sequence and Procedure of Play
Law 45 - Card Played
Law 46 - Incomplete or Erroneous Call of Card from Dummy
Law 47 - Retraction of Card Played
Law 48 - Exposure of Declarer's Cards
Law 49 - Exposure of a Defender's Cards
Law 50 - Disposition of Penalty Card
Law 51 - Two or More Penalty Cards
Law 52 - Failure to Lead or Play a Penalty Card
Law 53 - Lead out of Turn Accepted
Law 54 - Faced Opening Lead out of Turn
Law 55 - Declarer's Lead out of Turn
Law 56 - Defender's Lead out of Turn
Law 57 - Premature Lead or Play by Defender
Law 58 - Simultaneous Leads or Plays
Law 59 - Inability to Lead or Play as Required
Law 60 - Play after an Illegal Play
Law 61 - Failure to Follow Suit - Inquiries Concerning a Revoke
Law 62 - Correction of a Revoke
Law 63 - Establishment of a Revoke
Law 64 - Procedure after Establishment of a Revoke
Law 65 - Arrangement of Tricks
Law 66 - Inspection of Tricks
Law 67 - Defective Trick
Law 68 - Claim or Concession of Tricks
Law 69 - Acquiescence in Claim or Concession
Law 70 - Contested Claims
Law 71 - Concession Cancelled
CHAPTER VII - PROPRIETIES
Law 72 - General Principles
Law 73 - Communication
Law 74 - Conduct and Etiquette
Law 75 - Partnership Agreements
Law 76 - Spectators
CHAPTER VIII - THE SCORE
Law 77 - Duplicate Bridge Scoring Table
Law 78 - Methods of Scoring
Law 79 - Tricks Won
CHAPTER IX - TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP
Law 80 - Sponsoring Organization
CHAPTER X - TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
Law 81 - Duties and Powers
Law 82 - Rectification of Errors of Procedure
Law 83 - Notification of the Right to Appeal
Law 84 - Rulings on Agreed Facts
Law 85 - Rulings on Disputed Facts
Law 86 - In Team Play
Law 87 - Fouled Board
Law 88 - Award of Indemnity Points
Law 89 - Penalties in Individual Events
Law 90 - Procedural Penalties
Law 91 - Penalize or Suspend
CHAPTER XI - APPEALS
Law 92 - Right to Appeal
Law 93 - Procedures of Appeal
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Agreements,
See
Understandings
Alert
Appeal
Arrangements for -
Law 80G
Contestant's right -
Law 92A
Arrangement of tables -
Law 3
Auction
Commencement of -
Law 17A
Duration of -
Law 17
End of auction period -
Law 17E
Explanation of calls during the auction -
Law 20F
Procedure after auction has ended -
Law 22
Review after final pass -
Law 20C
Review during auction period -
Law 20B
Successive calls -
Law 17C
B
Bid
After auction has ended -
Law 35D,
Law 39B
Mistaken -
Footnote to Law 75
Proper form -
Law 18A
Rank of the denominations -
Law 18E
Sufficient -
Law 18C
To supersede a bid -
Law 18B
Board
Play of wrong board -
Law 15
Previously played -
Law 15B
Boards
Dealer and vulnerability -
Law 2
Duplicate -
Law 2
C
Call
Based on caller's misunderstanding -
Law 21A
Based on misinformation -
Law 21
Based on misinformation from an opponent -
Law 21B
Change of call -
Law 21B
Changes of -
Law 21B
Immediate correction of inadvertency -
Law 25A
Review and explanation -
Law 20
Calls
Explanation of -
Law 20F
Card
Correction of designation -
Law 45C
Played -
Law 45
Retraction of card played -
Law 47
Cards -
Law 1
Change of play
Misinformation -
Law 47E
Claim
Clarification -
Law 68C
Contested -
Law 70
Defined -
Law 68A
Unstated line of finesse or drop -
Law 70E
Communication -
Law 73
Between partners -
Law 73A
Gratuitous -
Law 73B
Inappropriate -
Law 73B
Mannerisms -
Law 73A
Prearranged -
Law 73B
Tempo or manner -
Law 73D
Unauthorised information from partner -
Law 73C
Concession,
See
Claim
Conduct -
Law 74
Courtesy -
Law 74A
Etiquette -
Law 74B
Gratuitous comments -
Law 74B
Inattention -
Law 74B
Lack of further interest -
Law 74C
Leaving the table -
Law 74C
Prolonging play -
Law 74B
Significant occurrence -
Law 74C
Varying tempo -
Law 74C
Violations of procedure -
Law 74C
Contestant
Contract
Convention
Convention card -
Law 40E
Right to prescribe -
Law 40E
Conventions
Regulation of -
Law 40D
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Deal
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Law 6B
Dealer and vulnerability -
Law 2
Deception -
Law 73E
Declarer
Defender
Definitions
Denomination
Rank -
Law 18E
Disclosure
Alert
Answering questions -
Law 20F
,
Law 75C
Convention card -
Law 40E
Habitual Violations -
Law 75B
Requirement -
Law 40B
,
Law 75A
Unanticipated violations -
Law 75B
Double
Legal -
Law 19A
Superseded -
Law 19C
Doubled contract
Scoring -
Law 19D
Doubles -
Law 19
Dummy
Limitations -
Law 43A
Qualified rights -
Law 42B
Rights -
Law 42
E
Explanation
Correcting errors -
Law 75D
Mistaken -
Law 75D
Of calls -
Law 20F
Presumed mistaken -
Footnote to Law 75
F
Follow suit
G
Game
H
Hand
Honour
I
Illegal alternative is chosen -
Law 16A
IMP
Inadvertency
Immediate correction -
Law 25A
Information
Extraneous -
Law 16
Extraneous information from partner -
Law 16A
From mannerisms of opponents -
Law 16
From other sources -
Law 16B
From withdrawn calls and plays -
Law 16C
Gratuitous -
Law 73B
Legal calls and/or plays -
Law 16
Unauthorised -
Law 16
Infraction
Concealing -
Law 72B
Inadvertent -
Law 72B
Intentional -
Law 72B
Of Law -
Law 72B
International matchpoint
Irregularities
General Laws governing irregularities
Irregularity
After attention is called -
Law 9B
Calling attention to -
Law 9A
Damage to non-offending side -
Law 72B
Procedure following -
Law 9
L
Lead
LHO
M
Matchpoint
Mature Claim
Misclaim
Misinformation
Call based on misinformation -
Law 21
Change of play -
Law 47E
O
Odd Trick
OKb Server
OKb Software
Opening lead
Opponent
Overtrick
P
Pack
,
See also
Law 1
Partner
Extraneous information from -
Law 16A
Partnership understandings,
See
Understandings
Partnerships -
Law 4
Partscore
Pass
Pauses
Mandatory -
Law 73A
Penalty
Assessment of -
Law 10
Right to assess -
Law 10A
Play
Commencement of -
Law 41
Inability to follow suit -
Law 44D
Lead -
Law 44A
Procedure of -
Law 44
Requirement to follow suit -
Law 44C
Subsequent plays -
Law 44B
Premature Claim
Deliberate -
Law 72
Premium points
Preparation
Procedure
After auction has ended -
Law 22
After auction has ended and no player has bid -
Law 22A
After auction has ended and one or more players have bid -
Law 22B
Of play -
Law 44
Proprieties
General obligation -
Law 72A
Score for trick not won -
Law 72A
Tricks won -
Law 72A
Violation of -
Law 73F
Psychic call
R
Rank
Cards and suits -
Law 1
Denominations -
Law 18E
Rectification
Redouble
Legal -
Law 19B
Superseded -
Law 19C
Redoubled contract
Scoring -
Law 19D
Redoubles -
Law 19B
Referring to Convention Card -
Law 40
Retraction of card played -
Law 47
Review
Of auction -
Law 20B
Of calls -
Law 20
RHO
Right to assess penalty -
Law 10A
Rights
Dummy's rights -
Law 42
Rotation
Round
S
Scoring
Doubled contract -
Law 19D
International matchpoints -
Law 78B
Matchpoints -
Law 78A
Methods -
Law 78
Redoubled contract -
Law 19D
Scoring table -
Law 77
Session
Shuffle -
Law 6
Side
Slam
Skip Option
-
see also
Law 6C
Suit
Suits -
Law 1
T
Team
Tempo -
Law 73D
Unvarying -
Law 73E
Tempo or manner
Inadvertent variations -
Law 73D
Intentional variations -
Law 73D
Trick
Trick Points
Tricks
Inspection of -
Law 66
Won -
Law 65B
,
Law 79A
Trump
Trumps
Tricks containing -
Law 44E
Tricks not containing -
Law 44F
Turn
U
Unauthorised information -
Law 16
From partner -
Law 73C
Illegal alternative is chosen -
Law 16A
Understandings
Concealed partnership understandings prohibited -
Law 40B
Director's option -
Law 40C
Failure to explain the full meaning -
Law 40C
Habitual violations -
Law 75B
Regulation of conventions -
Law 40D
Right to choose call or play -
Law 40A
Special agreements -
Law 75A
Violation of agreements -
Law 75B
Undertrick
V
Variations in tempo or manner -
Law 73D
Vulnerability
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