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 225

ILLEGAL DECLARATIONS
26. (a) A double or redouble, made before a bid
has been made, is a double or redouble out of turn,
for which Law 22 provides the penalty.
(b) If a player bid, double or redouble, when
barred from so doing, either opponent may decide
whether or not such bid, double or redouble shall
stand; and in any such case, both the offending
player and his partner must thereafter pass.
(c) A bid, double or redouble, made after the
contracting is ended, is void. It is not penalized if
made by Declarer or his partner, but if made by an
adversary, Declarer may call a lead from the partned of the offender the first time it is the turn of said
partner to lead.
(d) A pass made after the contracting is ended,
is void; no penalty.
(e) A double or redouble of a redouble is void,
and either opponent of the offender may demand
a new deal, or add two hundred points to the honor
score of his side.
(f) A double of a partner's bid, or a redouble
of a partner's double is void. Penalty: the opposing side may add one hundred points to its honor
score.
(g) If a player double or redouble when it is his
partner's turn to declare, the opponents may consult
before declaring further, and elect:
(I) To call the bid made before the offense
the final bid.
(2) To call the doubled or redoubled bid the
final bid.
(3) To demand a new deal.
(h) A player is not required to name the bid he