[blml] Live exam question

[Peter Eidt]

From: "Tim West-Meads" 
> Andre wrote:
> 
> > South is playing 4 spades after opening with 2NT.
> > In trick four East leads a club, which is ruffed by South and
> > overruffed in West. As this is the first time he clubs are
> > played and East and dummy only have seven clubs between them
> > East exclaims: "Where on earth have all those clubs
> > gone to?"  And calls the TD.
> 
> OK, let us deal with the infractions as they occurred.
> The TD inquires of South as to whether he has revoked.
> South acknowledges possession of at least one club and corrects the
> revoke immediately (62A/B2).  We now apply L62C and West chooses to
> play a club instead of the Spade - this occurs without penalty.
> We now deal with West's revoke - it no longer exists, no problem.

mmmmmh (?) 

In my lawsbook it reads (Law 62 C1):
"Each member of the non-offending side may,
without penalty, withdraw any card he may have 
played ..."

West did revoke; can he be a non-offender ??

Peter
 
> South is neither entitled to know that West has revoked nor that West
> possesses a Spade - L16c2.
> 
> 
> > In Europe asking your partner about a revoke while being defender is
> > not allowed.
> > 
> 
> Which must be the second most stupid law in the book after L25b.
> Revokes should be corrected and any information arising from revoke
> enquires (regardless of correction) regarded as UI.  The nonsense
> about correcting, and suffering a penalty card, and suffering the
> revoke penalty should be expunged.
> 
> Tim