FIFA Disciplinary Code

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Article 116

Decisions Without Grounds

1. The judicial bodies may decide not to communicate the grounds of a decision and instead communicate only the terms of the decision. At the same time, the parties shall be informed that they have ten days from receipt of the terms of the decision to request, in writing, the grounds of the decision, and that failure to do so will result in the decision becoming final and binding.

2. If a party requests the grounds of a decision, the motivated decision will be communicated to the parties in full, written form. The time limit to lodge an appeal, where applicable, begins upon receipt of this motivated decision.

3. If the parties do not request the grounds of a decision, a short explanation of the decision shall be recorded in the case files.

Subsection 3. Proceedings before the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee acting alone