Any lead faced out of
turn may be treated as a correct lead (but see Law 47E1). It becomes a correct
lead if declarer or either defender, as the case may be, accepts it by making a
statement to that effect, or if a play is made from the hand next in rotation
to the irregular lead (but see C). If there is no such acceptance or play, the
Director will require that the lead be made from the correct hand (and see Law
47B).
If the defender at the
right of the hand from which declarer’s lead out of turn was made plays to the
irregular lead (but see C), the lead stands and Law 57 applies.
Subject to Law 53A, if
it was properly the turn to lead of an opponent of the player who led out of
turn, that opponent may make his proper lead to the trick of the infraction
without his card being deemed played to the irregular lead. When this occurs,
the proper lead stands and all cards played in error to this trick may be
withdrawn. Law 16D applies but there is no further rectification.