FIFA Code of Ethics

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Article 7

Partial Suspension of Enforcement of Sanctions

1. If a match suspension, a ban from dressing rooms and/or the substitutes’ bench or a ban on taking part in any football-related activity is imposed, the adjudicatory chamber may examine whether there are grounds to partially suspend the enforcement of the sanction.


2. Partial suspension is permissible only if the duration of the sanction does not exceed six matches or six months and if the relevant circumstances allow it, in particular the previous record of the person sanctioned.


3. The adjudicatory chamber shall decide which part of the sanction may be suspended. In any case, half of the sanction is definite.


4. By suspending enforcement of the sanction, the adjudicatory chamber may subject the person sanctioned to a probationary period of anything from six months up to two years.


5. If the person benefiting from a suspended sanction commits another breach during the probationary period, the suspension shall automatically be revoked and the original sanction completely applied and added to the sanction imposed for the new breach.


6. Special provisions may apply in certain circumstances.