[blml] 40B3? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Francis WOLFF]

I hardly ever post on BLML but today I feel I have to underline that the
French (wrong) translation of law 73B2 ("des méthodes de communication
occultes autres que celles autorisées par les Lois"), published in 1997 - or
98, was corrected - and republished - in 2003 and now reads:

"La plus grave faute possible est, pour une paire, d'échanger des
informations à l'aide de moyens de communication convenus préalablement et
non autorisés par ce Code. Une paire coupable de cette infraction risque
l'expulsion."

Regards
Francis WOLFF

-----Message d'origine-----
De : blml-bounces at amsterdamned.org [mailto:blml-bounces at amsterdamned.org] De
la part de Sven Pran
Envoyé : mardi 15 janvier 2008 15:05
À : 'Bridge Laws Mailing List'
Objet : Re: [blml] 40B3? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

> On Behalf Of Alain Gottcheiner
....................
> By the same token, unless it's already been made in 2007, I'd like a
> rephrasing of L73B2, whose 1997 formulation seems to admit occult
> communication.
> In French : "des méthodes de communicaztion occultes autres que celles
> autorisées par les Lois", obviously implying that some occult methods,
> at least, are allowed.

If that is so then the French translation seems incorrect. The 1997 law 73B2
reads: 

"The gravest possible offence is for a partnership to exchange information
through prearranged methods of communication other than those sanctioned by
these Laws. A guilty partnership risks expulsion."

The word "occultes" should not have been there in the French text if it
means what I believe it means.

Regards Sven


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