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(a) Before the next stroke

(b) If a ball cannot be so replaced because of the presence of one or more yard-line balls, it is replaced on the yard-line in contact with that ball or one of them on either side at the striker's option. if one of two such yard-line balls is a corner ball, the ball to be replaced is replaced on the yard-line in contact with the corner ball on its unoccupied side.

(c) If a ball cannot be so replaced because of the presence of the striker's ball inside or any ball outside the yard-line area, it is replaced on the yard-line in contact with that other ball. If the ball to be replaced would otherwise he a corner ball it must in addition be replaced on the yard-line as near as possible to the corner spot.

(d) If two or more balls have to be so replaced and the replacement of one will interfere with the replacement of the other, the order of replacement is at the striker's option.