[blml] Law 9

[Peter Eidt]

From: Reg Busch 
> Law 9: When an irregularity has occurred dummy may not draw attention
> to it during the play period but may do so after play of the hand is
> concluded. However any player, including dummy, may attempt to prevent
> another player's  committing an irregularity (but for dummy subject to
> laws 42 and 43).
> 
> ISTM that this allows dummy, for example, to attempt to prevent an
> irregularity by a defender during the play such as the wrong defender
> attempting to lead. But this right is not listed in Law 42. The
> question is: are dummy's rights under Law 9 limited strictly to those
> specifically listed under Law 42 ( if so there seems little point in
> mentioning dummy at all in Law 9). Or does dummy have a general right
> to prevent any infraction, and laws 42 and 43 are covering
> specifically only some of those rights?

The latter.

The last sentence of Law 9A3 (see above) is a new one
and hopefully worded thoughtfully. Dummy has the absolute 
right to prevent an irregularity ... as long as he did not curtail
this right by violating Laws (42)/43.