LAWS OF DUPLICATE CONTRACT BRIDGE 1997
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LAW
13		 _INCORRECT NUMBEROF CARDS_

When the Director determines that one or more pockets of the board contained an incorrect number of cards (1), and a player with an incorrect hand has made a call, then when the Director deems that the deal can be corrected and played normally with no change of call, the deal may be so played with the concurrence of all four players. Otherwise, the Director shall award an artificial adjusted score and may penalise an offender. If no such call has been made, then:
A. No Player Has Seen Another’s Card
The Director shall correct the discrepancy as follows and, if no player will then have seen another’s card, shall require that the board be played normally.
1. Hand Records
When hand records are available, the Director shall distribute the cards in accordance with the records.
2. Consult Previous Players
If hand records are not available, the Director shall correct the board by consulting with players who have previously played it.
3. Require a Redeal
If the board was incorrectly dealt, the Director shall require a redeal (Law 6).
B. A Player Has Seen Another Player’s Card(s)
When the Director determines that one or more pockets of the board contained an incorrect number of cards and after restoration of the board to its original condition a player has seen one or more cards of another player’s hand, if the Director deems:
1. The Information Gained Is Inconsequential
That such information will not interfere with normal bidding or play, the Director, with the concurrence of all four players, may allow the board to be played and scored normally.
2. The Information Will Interfere with Normal Play
That the information gained thereby is of sufficient importance to interfere with normal bidding or play, or if any player objects to playing the board, the Director shall award an artificial adjusted score and may penalise an offender.
C. Play Completed
When it is determined after play ends that a player’s hand originally contained more than 13 cards with another player holding correspondingly fewer, the result must be cancelled (for procedural penalty, see Law 90).
(1) Where three hands are correct and one hand is deficient, Law 14, and not this Law, applies


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