Law 46

Law 46A (Proper Form for Designating Dummy's Card) uses the word "should". According to the Introduction:

" ... 'should' do (failure to do it is an infraction jeopardising the infractor's rights but not often penalised) ... "

Technically a declarer saving a few seconds with an incomplete designation is infracting the "must not" Law 72B1; in my opinion this is merely a precious pedantic point of pandiculation.

Law 46B (Incomplete or Invalid Designation) now has the word "invalid" replacing the 2007 Lawbook's word "erroneous". I agree that "invalid" is the mot juste, because an error by declarer is properly dealt with in the bracketed clause of the Law 46B preamble:

"(except when declarer's different intention is incontrovertible)"

Best wishes,

Richard Hills

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