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When a game is played under the conditions of handicap doubles play, the laws of ordinary doubles play apply subject to Laws 38 and 39 and the following additional Laws.

(a) NUMBER OF BISQUES TO BE GIVEN . Law 38(b) does not apply. The number of bisques to be given by the lower-handicapped side to the higher is half the difference between their aggregate handicaps. A fraction of a bisque above a half is counted as one bisque, a fraction below a half as a half-bisque.

(b) PLAYING A WRONG BALL . Law 38(f) does not apply. If the striker plays a wrong ball under Law 28(b) in the first stroke of a non-bisque turn and the error is not condoned, either he or bis partner may play a half-bisque or bisque thereafter.

(c) PEELS . The striker may not peel his partner's ball through more than four hoops (see Law 55(b) for modified games).