Re: Dummy's rights

von Steve Willner
> In the 2017 Laws:
> L43A1(b): Dummy may not call attention to an irregularity during play.
> 
> L65A3: A player may draw attention to a card pointed incorrectly, but this
> right expires when his side leads or plays to the following trick.
> If done later Law 16B may apply.
> 
> Which of the above takes priority?  That is, when if ever can dummy point
> out a card turned incorrectly?

L65A3 takes priority over L43A1(b) because it is the specific law for this
situation.

Extract of an early draft of the 2017 Commentary:
"Law 9A3
The laws allow any player to try to prevent a player from committing an
infraction or irregularity. But once the irregularity has occurred (during
the play period) the dummy has no right to draw attention to it.   
Let us explain a principle when interpreting the laws. They describe
procedures to be followed in a general way.  But it is possible that others
laws specify a procedure in more detail and amending the general procedure. 

Two examples:

Example 1:
A defender revokes and dummy trying to prevent this revoke to become
established asks him about it. Law 9A3 could be explained to allow this. But
Law 61B explicitly tells that dummy is not allowed to do so.

Example 2:
A defender puts his just played card in the lost position while his side won
the trick. Once happened this irregularity cannot be prevented anymore. But
Law 65B explicitly tells that dummy is allowed to point to this irregularity
as long as no card is played to the next trick. "
 
> For a too-late correction, I don't understand how L16B is relevant.  The
> number of tricks won and lost is always AI.  It seems to me the relevant
Law
> would be 12A1 (in essence, the Director estimates what would have
> happened if the infraction had not occurred).  Can anyone explain?

Law 16B restrictions are stronger than equity ("had the irregularity not
occurred").
When a player has a card wrongly orientated he may be in a wrong assumption
of the number of tricks needed to fulfil / defeat the contract. Therefore he
may 
execute / omit to execute a safety play, a finesse or similar.


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