Correct contract bridge / by E.V. Shepard ; including the official Laws of contract bridge adopted by the Whist Club, New York, and by all the leading clubs in America.

LAWS OF CONTRACT BRIDGE 219

THE CUT
12. (a) Dealer, immediately before the deal,
places the pack before his right hand opponent, who
lifts off the top portion and places it beside the bottom portion toward dealer, who then places the bot.
tom portion on top. This constitutes the cut.
(b) If the cut leave fewer than four cards in the
top or bottom portion; or any card be faced or displaced; or there be any doubt as to where the pack
was divided, or as to which was the top and which
the bottom portion; or any but the proper player
cut; or any but dealer complete the cut; or any
player shuffle after the cut; a new shuffle and a new
cut may be demanded by any player.
THE DEAL
I3. (a) The deal begins after the cut, and ends
when the last card has been placed in turn in front
of the dealer. The dealer distributes the cards one
at a time, face down; the first card to the player on
his left, and so on until all fifty-two cards are dealt,
the last one to dealer.
(b) Except at the beginning of a rubber, and except as in Laws 14, I5 and i6, the player to deal is
the one on the left of the last previous dealer.
CARDS TOUCHED DURING DEAL
14. If any player, except dealer, touch a card
during the deal and thereby cause a card to be
faced, making a new deal compulsory, the side opposed to the offender may add fifty points to its
honor score.