Insufficient Bid

A. Accepting an Insufficient Bid
Any insufficient bid may be accepted at the option of offender's left hand opponent. If the left hand opponent makes a call prior to any penalty assessment, the insufficient bid stands without penalty.

B. Opponents Not Accepting the Insufficient Bid

If an insufficient bid is not accepted by the opponents, the call must be corrected by the substitution of either a sufficient bid or a pass.

1. If the insufficient bid is not conventional and is corrected by the offender to be the loweset sufficient bid in the same denomination, the bid is correct. If the insufficient bid and the corrected bid in the same denomination are not conventional, the auction proceeds as though the irregularity had not occurred and no penalty is assessed.
   
   
2. If the insufficient bid or the lowest sufficient bid in the same denomination are conventional, the offender`s partner is required to pass whenever it is his turn to call.
   
   
3. If the insufficient bid or the bid is corrected by any other sufficient bid or by a pass, the offender`s partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call.
   
   
4. If the offender attempts to make a double or redouble for his insufficient bid, the attempted call is canceled, and the offender`s partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call.
   
   
5. If the Director assesses that the insufficient bid conveyed information to damage the non-offending side, the director shall assign an adjusted score to the result.