General Rule
1. With regard to matches and competitions not organised by FIFA (cf. art. 2, second sentence), associations, confederations and sports entities that organise matches for cultural, geographical, historical or other reasons (cf. art.
39 g) are responsible for enforcing sanctions imposed against infringements committed in their area of jurisdiction. The scope of their decisions may be extended to have worldwide effect (cf. art.
142) 2 The judicial bodies of FIFA reserve the right to sanction serious infringe- ments of the statutory objectives of FIFA (cf. the fi nal part of art. 2), if associations, confederations and other sports organisations fail to prosecute the infringements committed or fail to prosecute in compli- ance with the fundamental principles of law.
3 Associations, confederations and other sports organisations shall notify the judicial bodies of FIFA of any serious infringements of the statutory objectives of FIFA (cf. the fi nal part of art. 2).