THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION CROQUET

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PART 2 - Ordinary Singles Play - C. Miscellaneous Laws of Play

29. PLAYING WHEN A BALL IS MISPLACED - GENERAL RULE

Subject to Law 49(b) , if the adversary observes that the striker is about to play a stroke when any ball is misplaced, he must forestall play immediately. In the instances specified below this is his only remedy. If he fails to do so the stroke is deemed to be valid subject to Law 32 . If a misplaced ball is not affected by the stroke, it must be properly placed before the next stroke. The instances referred to above are

(a) playing without first replacing any ball irregularly moved after the end of the preceding stroke;

(b) playing the striker's ball when it has been wrongly brought onto the yard-line;

(c) playing when a ball has been wrongly left off the court or in the yard-line area;

(d) playing the striker's ball from some other position when it should be played from a baulk-line;

(e) playing a croquet stroke when the striker's ball is not touching the croqueted ball or is touching another ball; and

(f) all other cases except those dealt with in Law 30 .

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