[blml] Law 12A1 and Law 12B [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Robert Geller]

richard.hills at immi.gov.au writes:
>The primary question I seek to discuss is whether an unfettered Law
>12A1 is desirable.  It seems to me that Kaplan was forced to change
>his mind on the scope of Law 12A1 between 1975 and 1984 because some
>creative "Probst cheats" found a loophole in the 1975 Lawbook, which
>loophole has now been plugged by the current Lawbook's Law 72B1.

Yes.  Also L72B2 states
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A player must not infringe a law intentionally, even if there is a prescribed penalty he is willing to pay. 
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This is a question of fact, but I can't imagine a director or committee believing
it was an accident.

>But are there any unaddressed loopholes in the 1997 Lawbook which
>require that Law 12A1 should be permitted to over-ride Law 12B?
I don't think so.    If the dropping of the king was REALLY
accidental (lol) then 12B holds and the non-offenders are out
of luck.

-Bob