Payment of Sums of Money
1. Anyone who fails to pay another person (such as a player, a coach or a club) a sum of money in full, even though instructed to do so by a body of FIFA:
a) will be sanctioned with a minimum fi ne of CHF 5,000 for failing to comply with the instructions issued by the body that imposed the payment (cf. art. 55 par.
1 c) of the FIFA Statutes);
b) will be given a fi nal time limit by the judicial bodies of FIFA in which to settle the debt;
c) if it is a club, it will be warned and threatened with deduction of points or relegation to the next lower division if it has not paid by the fi nal time limit. Furthermore, a transfer ban may be imposed.
2 If the club disregards the fi nal time limit, the body will request the association concerned to implement the threat.
3 If points are deducted, they shall be proportionate to the amount owed.
4 A ban on any football related activity may also be imposed against natural persons.
5 Any appeal against a decision passed in accordance with par. 1 shall immediately be lodged to CAS.