[blml] Law 24

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
************************************
"Say, from whence you owe
this strange intelligence?"
                     (Macbeth 1.sc3)
 -----------------------------------------------
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ton Kooijman" <t.kooyman at worldonline.nl>
To: <gesta at tiscali.co.uk>; "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Law 24


> question about
> L 24:   may treat such card as a P.C.
> 
> >. There are a
> > number of places in the law book where
> > the player is given options following an
> > irregularity; I see no reason why it should
> > not be so here - the player may think it of
> > possible advantage to himself in the play
> > of the hand, or socially in some environments,
> > and I have no quibble with that. Indeed it is
> > my opinion that where alternatives are possible
> > players should be given opportunity to judge
> > their own advantage as often as may be
> > following an opponent's infraction.
> >                         ~ Grattan ~   +=+
> >
> 
> 
> I consider this 'may' as an omission in the laws. And in 
> my country TD's are taught to treat such card as a P.C.
> 
> And if the lawmakers (long ago) wanted to give declarer 
> an option, they should have described what to do with 
> such card in case declarer doesn't want it to be dealt 
> with as a P.C.  So omissions everywhere.
> 
> ton
> 
+=+ I agree that this law does not sit well with Law 50.
It may be that Law 24 is aberrant; equally well it may be
that the aberration is the omission of words "except as 
Law 24 allows" in Law 50. Since each Law stands 
equally with each other Law, Sponsoring Organizations
may determine how they will apply Law 24 in the absence 
of guidance from a higher level. If a card is not treated as
a PC the card is not a penalty card and Law 50 does not
apply to it.  It is then open to deem  Law 16A applicable 
to information from exposure of the card.
                          ~ Grattan ~   +=+