Time Limits
1. Time limits to which the associations shall adhere commence the day after they have received the relevant document.
2. Official holidays and non-working days are included in the calculation of time limits. Time limits are interrupted from 20 December to 5 January inclusive.
3. Time limits to which persons other than the associations shall adhere commence on the day after receipt of the document by the association responsible for forwarding it, except when the document is also or solely sent to the person concerned or his legal representative. If the document was also or solely sent to the parties or their legal representatives, the time limit starts on the day after receipt of the document by such person.
4. When a deadline expires on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the Swiss canton of Zurich, where FIFA´s headquarters are located, it is carried forward to the next working day.
5. If a time limit is not observed, the defaulter loses the procedural right in question.
6. Time limits laid down by this Code may not be extended.