3.7 Balls in contact

As soon as the cue-ball comes into contact with one of the two or with the two other balls the rights of the player concerning all kinds of game, except the partie libre for which the renewed placingon the starting point is obligatory, are the following:
1. either to demand that the referee places them once again on the spots;
2. or to play with the ball which is not in contact or to play the cushion beforehand;
3. or to play the detached massé but on condition of not setting into motion the ball being in contact. In this last case the player may cannon first the ball which was in contact. It is not a foul if the ball in contact solely moves on account of the fact that it loses the hold which it possibly got by means of the cue-ball.
As soon as the cue-ball comes into contact with a cushion the player does not have the right to play directly this cushion.
In the case of a renewed placing on the spots the balls will be placed by the referee in the following way:
1. concerning the partie libre, the cadre disciplines and one cushion: all three at the initial starting position;
2. concerning three cushions, only the balls being in contact are once again placed on the spots:
  - the red ball on the top spot
  - the white ball of the player who wants to play, on the central spot of the starting line
  - the white ball of the opponent on the spot in the middle of the billiard
  - if the corresponding spot is occupied or hidden the ball will be placed on the spot corresponding to the ball which occupies or hides the spot. (paper F)

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