Source: The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge
Sixth Edition, ISBN-10: 0-943855-44-6
........ from any action at the bridge table can occur under certain circumstances, which are regulated either by the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge or by ethics. These circumstances can be caused unintentionally or intentionally.
To be barred from further action is a penalty for certain infractions committed at the bridge table. They can include any of the following.
LAW 23: DAMAGING ENFORCED PASS
When the penalty for an irregularity under any Law would compel the offender's partner to pass at his next turn, if the Director deems that the offender, at the time of his irregularity, could have known that the enforced pass would be likely to damage the non-offending side, he shall require the auction and play to continue and consider awarding an adjusted score (see LAW 72B1).
LAW 24: CARD EXPOSED OR LED DURING AUCTION
B. Single Card of Honor Rank or Card Prematurely LedIf it is a single card of honor rank or is any card prematurely led, (penalty) offender's partner must pass when next it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when a pass damages the non-offending side).
C. Two or More Cards Are Exposed
If two or more cards are so exposed, (penalty) offender's partner must pass when next it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when a pass damages the non-offending side).
LAW 25: LEGAL AND ILLEGAL CHANGES OF CALL
B. Delayed or Purposeful Correction
2. Not Condoned
if the first call was legal, the offender must either
(1) Let First Call Stand
allow his first call to stand, in which case (penalty) his partner must pass when next it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side).
LAW 27: INSUFFICIENT BID
B. Insufficient Bid Not AcceptedIf an insufficient bid made in rotation is not accepted, it must be corrected by the substitution of either a sufficient bid or a pass.
2. Conventional, or Corrected by Any Other Sufficient Bid or Pass
If either the insufficient bid or the lowest sufficient bid in the same denomination may have been conventional or if the bid is corrected by any other sufficient bid or by a pass, (penalty) the offender's partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (apply LAW 10C1 and see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side; and the lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply).
3. Attempt to Correct by a Double or Redouble
If the offender attempts to substitute a double or redouble for his insufficient bid, the attempted call is canceled, and (penalty) his partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side; and the lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply).
LAW 28: CALLS CONSIDERED TO BE IN ROTATION
A. RHO Required to PassA call is considered to be in rotation when it is made by a player at his RHO's turn to call if that opponent is required by law to pass.
LAW 30: PASS OUT OF ROTATION
A. Before Any Player Has BidWhen a player has passed out of rotation before any player has bid, (penalty) the offender must pass when next it is his turn to call and LAW 72B1 may apply.
B. After Any Player Has Bid
1. At RHO's Turn to CallAfter any player has bid, when a pass out of rotation is made at offender's RHO's turn to call, (penalty) offender must pass when next it is his turn to call (if the pass out of rotation related by convention to a specific suit, or suits, thereby conveying information, the lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply).
2. At Partner's Turn to Call
(a) Action Required of Offender
After any player has bid, for a pass out of rotation made at the offender's partner's turn to call, (penalty) the offender must pass whenever it is his turn to call, and LAW 72B1 may apply.
LAW 31: BID OUT OF ROTATION
A. RHO's Turn
2. RHO ActsIf that opponent makes a legal bid, double or redouble, offender may make any legal call; when this call
(a) Repeats Denomination
repeats the denomination of his bid out of rotation, (penalty) offender's partner must pass when next it is his turn to call (see LAW 23).
(b) Does Not Repeat Denomination
does not repeat the denomination of his bid out of rotation, the lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply, and (penalty) offender's partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see LAW 23).
B. Partner's or LHO's Turn
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 , (penalty) offender's partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side), and the lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply.
LAW 32: DOUBLE OR REDOUBLE OUT OF ROTATION
A. Made at Offender's Partner's Turn to CallIf a double or redouble out of rotation has been made when it was the offender's partner's turn to call, (penalty) the offender's partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side).
B. Made at RHO's Turn to Call
2. RHO BidsIf offender's RHO bids, the offender may in turn make any legal call and (penalty) offender's partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side).
LAW 35: INADMISSIBLE CALLS CONDONED
B. Action by Player Required to PassIf the inadmissible call was a bid, double or redouble by a player required by law to pass, that call and all subsequent legal calls stand, but, if the offender was required to pass for the remainder of the auction, he must still pass at subsequent turns.
LAW 36: INADMISSIBLE DOUBLE OR REDOUBLE
Any double or redouble not permitted by LAW 19 is canceled. The offender must substitute a legal call, and (penalty) the 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 penalties of LAW 26 may apply. (If the call is out of turn, see LAW 32; if offender's LHO calls, see LAW 35A.)
LAW 37: ACTION VIOLATING OBLIGATION TO PASS
A bid, double or redouble by a player who is required by law to pass is canceled, and (penalty) each member of the offending side must pass whenever it becomes his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side). The lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply. (If offender's LHO calls, see LAW 35B.)
LAW 38: BID OF MORE THAN SEVEN
No play or score at a contract of more than seven is ever permissible. A bid of more than seven is canceled, and (penalty) each member of the offending side must pass whenever it becomes his turn to call (see LAW 23 when the pass damages the non-offending side). The lead penalties of LAW 26 may apply. (If offender's LHO calls, see LAW 35C.)
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