Following a call out of
rotation offender’s LHO may elect to call thereby forfeiting the right to any
rectification.
Unless A applies, a
call out of rotation is cancelled and the auction reverts to the player whose
turn it was to call. Offender may make any legal call in proper rotation, but
his side may be subject to the provisions for rectification in Law 30, 31 or
32.
If a call out of rotation is artificial, the provisions of Laws 30, 31 and 32 apply to the denomination(s) specified, rather than the denomination named.
When a player has passed out of rotation and the call is cancelled, the option in Law 29A not having been exercised, the following provisions apply (if the pass is artificial see C):
When a player has
passed out of rotation before any player has bid the offender must pass when
next it is his turn to call and Law 23 may apply.
2. (a) When, after any player has bid, the offender passes
out of rotation at his partner’s turn to call, the offender must pass whenever
it is his turn to call, and Law 23 may apply.
(b) Offender’s
partner may make any sufficient bid, or may pass, but may not double or
redouble at that turn, and Law 23 may apply.
3. After any player has bid a pass out of rotation at
offender’s LHO’s turn to call is treated as a change
of call. Law 25 applies.
When a pass out of
rotation is artificial or is a pass of an artificial call, Law 31, not Law 30,
applies.
When a player has bid out of rotation, has passed
artificially or has passed partner’s artificial call (see Law 30C), and the
call is cancelled the option in Law 29A not having been exercised, the
following provisions apply:
When the offender has
called at his
(a) repeats the denomination of his bid out of rotation,
offender’s partner must pass when next it is his turn to call (see Law 23).
(b) does not repeat the denomination of his bid out of rotation,
or if the call out of rotation was an artificial pass or a pass of partner’s
artificial call, the lead restrictions in Law 26 may apply, and offender’s
partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see Law 23).
When the offender has
bid at his partner’s turn to call, or at his LHO’s turn to call, if the
offender has not previously called**, offender’s partner must pass whenever it
is his turn to call (see Law 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side).
The lead restrictions of Law 26 may apply.
* An illegal call by
**Later calls at LHO’s turn to
call are treated as changes of call, and Law 25 applies.
A double or redouble out of rotation may be accepted at
the option of the opponent next in rotation (see Law 29A), except that an
inadmissible double or redouble may never be accepted (if offender’s LHO
nevertheless calls see Law 36). If the call out of rotation is not accepted it
is cancelled, the lead restriction in Law 26B may apply, and:
if a double or redouble
out of rotation has been made when it was the offender’s partner’s turn to call
the offender’s partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see Law 23 if
the pass damages the non-offending side).
if a double or redouble
out of rotation has been made at offender’s