Article 97
Compliance
1. The time limit has been met only if the action required has been carried out before expiry of the time limit.
2 The document is sent to the relevant authority or to its address at a Swiss post offi ce no later than midnight on the last day of the time limit.
3 If the document is sent by telefax, the time limit has been met if the document reaches the authority on the last day of the time limit and the original document reaches it within another fi ve days.
4 Parties are not permitted to observe time limits by sending electronic mail.
5 In the case of appeals, the deposit demanded (cf. art.
128) is conside- red to have been paid in time if the payment has irreversibly been made to FIFA’s account by midnight on the last day of the time limit.