LAW 10 - ASSESSMENT OF RECTIFICATION

 
A. Right to Determine Rectification

 

The Director alone has the right to determine rectifications when applicable. Players do not have the right to determine (or waive – see Law 81C5) rectifications on their own initiative.

 

B. Cancellation of Enforcement or Waiver of Rectification

 

The Director may allow or cancel any enforcement or waiver of a rectification made by the players without his instructions.

 

C. Choice after Irregularity

 

1. When these Laws provide an option after an irregularity, the Director shall explain all the options available.

2. If a player has an option after an irregularity, he must make his selection without consulting partner.
 

3. When these Laws provide the innocent side with an option after an irregularity committed by an opponent, it is appropriate to select the most advantageous action.

 

4. Subject to Law 16D2, after rectification of an infraction it is appropriate for the offenders to make any call or play advantageous to their side, even though they thereby appear to profit through their own infraction (but see Laws 27 and 50).

 

LAW 11 - FORFEITURE OF THE RIGHT TO RECTIFICATION

 
A. Action by Non-Offending Side

 

The right to rectification of an irregularity may be forfeited if either member of the non-offending side takes any action before summoning the Director. The Director does so rule, for example, when the non-offending side may have gained through subsequent action taken by an opponent in ignorance of the relevant provisions of the law.

 

B. Penalty after Forfeiture of the Right to Rectification

 

Even after the right to rectification has been forfeited under this Law, the Director may assess a procedural penalty (see Law 90).