Fédération Internationale de Football AssociationPresident:Gianni InfantinoSecretary General:Mattias GrafströmAddress:FIFAFIFA-Strasse 20P.O. Box8044 ZurichSwitzerlandTelephone:+41 (0)43 222 7777Website:FIFA.com TABLE OF CONTENTSI.GENERAL PROVISIONS1.Object2.Scope of application: substantive law3.Scope of personal application4.Scope of temporal application5.Applicable law6.Disciplinary measures7.Directives8.Responsibility9.Decisions of the referee10.Limitation period for prosecution11.Duty to report12.Duty to collaborateII.OFFENCESCHAPTER 1.INFRINGEMENTS OF THE LAWS OF THE GAME13.Offensive behaviour and violations of the principles of fair playCHAPTER 2.DISORDERLINESS AT MATCHES AND COMPETITIONS14.Misconduct of players and officials15.Discrimination and racist abuse16.Unplayed matches and abandonment17.Order and security at matches18.Protests 7101111111212131414151516181920 888999 19.Fielding an ineligible player2020.Manipulation of football matches and competitions21CHAPTER 3.OTHER PROVISIONS2221.Failure to respect decisions2222.Forgery and falsification2523.Specific proceedings25CHAPTER 4.IMPLEMENTATION OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES2624.Enforcement of sanctions2625.Determining the disciplinary measure2626.Recidivism2627.Suspension of implementation of disciplinary measures2728.Forfeit2729.Matches to be played without spectators27III.ORGANISATION AND COMPETENCE29CHAPTER 1.GENERAL PROVISIONS3030.General rule3031.Composition of the FIFA judicial bodies3132.Independence and impartiality3133.Meetings3234.Confidentiality3235.Secretariat3236.Disciplinary and Ethics Prosecutors3337.Exemption from liability3438.Time limits3439.Evidence, evaluation of evidence and standard of proof3440.Match officials’ reports3441.Burden of proof3542.Witnesses35 43.Anonymous participants in proceedings3544.Identification of anonymous participants in proceedings3645.Representation and assistance3646.Legal aid3647.Language used in proceedings3748.Communication with the parties3749.Costs and expenses3850.Effects of decisions3851.Provisional measures3852.Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)39CHAPTER 2.DECISION-MAKING PROCESS4053.Convocation, rights of the parties, hearings, decisions,communications andconfidentiality4054.Decisions41CHAPTER 3. DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE4355.Commencement of proceedings4356.Jurisdiction4357.Jurisdiction of the single judges of the Disciplinary Committee4458.Proposal by the secretariat4459.Closure of proceedings45CHAPTER 4.APPEAL COMMITTEE4660.Jurisdiction4661.Admissibility of appeals4662.Standing to appeal4763.Deliberations and decisions4764.Jurisdiction of the chairperson ruling alone4765.Effects of appeal48 IV.SPECIAL PROCEDURES66.Expulsion and match suspension67.Carrying over cautions68.Cancellation of cautions69.Carrying over match suspensions70.Extending sanctions to have worldwide effect71.ReviewV.FINAL PROVISIONS72.Official languages73.Gender and number74.Specific disciplinary rules75.Member associations’ disciplinary codes76.Adoption and enforcementANNEXEAnnexe1: Listof disciplinary measures 495051515153545556565656575859 GeneralProvisions 1.OBJECTThis Code describes infringements of the rules in FIFA regulations, determines thesanctions incurred, regulates the organisation and function of the FIFA judicial bodiesresponsible for taking decisions and the procedures to be followed before said bodies.2.SCOPE OF APPLICATION: SUBSTANTIVE LAW1.This Code applies to every match and competition organised by FIFA and tomatches and competitions in association football that do not fall under thejurisdiction of the confederations and/or the member associations, unlessotherwise stipulated in this Code.2.This Code also applies to any breach of FIFA’s statutory objectives as well as ofany FIFA rule that does not fall under the jurisdiction of any other FIFA body.3.SCOPE OF PERSONAL APPLICATIONThe following are subject to this Code:a)member associations;b)members of member associations, in particular the clubs;c)officials;d)players;e)match officials;f)football agents licensed by FIFA;g)match agents licensed by FIFA;h)single-entity leagues;i)anyone elected or assigned by FIFA to exercise a function, in particular withregard to a match, competition or other event organised by FIFA. 4.SCOPE OF TEMPORAL APPLICATION1.This Code applies to all disciplinary offences committed following the date onwhich it comes into force.2.This Code also applies to all disciplinary offences committed prior to the date onwhich it comes into force, subject to any milder sanction that would apply underprevious rules.3.Disciplinary proceedings instigated against someone who was underFIFA’s jurisdiction as per article 3 on the day the alleged disciplinary offence wascommitted shall not be abandoned by the FIFA judicial bodies solely because theperson involved is no longer under FIFA’s jurisdiction.5.APPLICABLE LAWThe FIFA judicial bodies base their decisions:a)primarily, on the FIFA Statutes as well as FIFA’s regulations, circulars, directiv