THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION CROQUET (6th Edition, Amended 2008)

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PART 2
ORDINARY SINGLES PLAY
B. ERRORS IN PLAY

25. PLAYING WHEN NOT ENTITLED

  1. GENERAL If a player plays one or more strokes when not entitled to do so and the error is discovered before the limit of claims:
    1. any points scored in the first such stroke and any subsequent strokes played by the offending side are cancelled;
    2. any balls moved by those strokes are replaced, unless they have subsequently been moved by strokes which the non-offending side was entitled to play;
    3. the side entitled to play then plays.
  3. LIMIT OF CLAIMS The limit of claims is the first stroke of the next turn to be started by the non-offending side.
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