Proposed additional text for Law 45D

In response to the “open invitation” from the WBFLC, I plan to post possible responses here. Comments welcome.

Law 45D

I think Law 45D is ambiguous as to what happens if the time limit expires. I am sure the trick consists of the cards placed in the played position, and I assume that if dummy led, “the suit led” (for the purposes of revoke/ownership) is deemed to be the suit of card placed in the played position (not the suit of the card named by declarer).

(An alternative would be to stipulate that any card that is either of the suit misplayed or the suit named is not a revoke.)

Proposed additional text for Law 45D

If attention is drawn after each side has played to the next trick, the trick stands as played: the card misplayed by dummy becomes the card played to the trick. If dummy led to trick then ownership of the trick and any revoke is determined with respect to the suit of the card misplayed by dummy (not the suit of the card named by declarer).