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70 VIII. SPORTING INTEGRITY19 Principle of promotion and relegation1. A club’s entitlement to take part in a domestic league championship shalldepend principally on sporting merit. A club shall qualify for a domestic leaguechampionship by remaining in a certain division or by being promoted orrelegated to another at the end of a season.2. In addition to qualification on sporting merit, a club’s participation in adomestic league championship may be subject to other criteria within the scopeof the licensing procedure, whereby the emphasis is on sporting, infrastructural,administrative, legal and financial considerations. Licensing decisions must beable to be examined by the Member’s body of appeal.3. Altering the legal form or company structure of a club to facilitate itsqualification on sporting merit and/or its receipt of a licence for a domesticleague championship, to the detriment of the integrity of a sports competition,is prohibited. This includes, for example, changing the headquarters, changingthe name or transferring stakeholdings between different clubs. Prohibitivedecisions must be able to be examined by the Member’s body of appeal.4. Each Member is responsible for deciding national issues, which may notbe delegated to the Leagues. Each Confederation is responsible for decidingissues involving more than one Association concerning its own territory.FIFA is responsible for deciding international issues involving more than oneConfederation.
IX. LAWS OF THE GAME7120 Amendments to the Laws1. FIFA shall notify its Members of any amendments and decisions regarding theLaws of the Game within one month of the ordinary annual meeting of IFAB.2. The Members shall enforce these amendments and decisions no later than1 July following IFAB’s annual meeting. Exceptions may be granted only toMembers whose football season has not terminated by this date.3. Members may apply such amendments and decisions as soon as they havebeen issued by IFAB.
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INDEX3PageArticleREGULATIONS GOVERN
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DEFINITIONS512 Association Football
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I. GENERAL PROVISIONS73 Non-discrim
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II. MEMBERSHIP115. Each of the four
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II. MEMBERSHIP13(g) to manage their
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II. MEMBERSHIP1517 Independence of
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Page 28 and 29: 26 V. ORGANISATION28 Minutes1. The
Page 30 and 31: 28 V. ORGANISATIONAn installed memb
Page 32 and 33: 30 V. ORGANISATIONC. PRESIDENT32 Pr
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Page 36 and 37: 34 V. ORGANISATION6. Each committee
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Page 42 and 43: 40 V. ORGANISATION56 Marketing and
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Page 46 and 47: 44 VII. JUDICIAL BODIES60 Appeal Co
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Page 54 and 55: 52 XI. FINANCE72 SettlementFIFA may
Page 56 and 57: 54 XIII. COMPETITIONSA. FIFA FINAL
Page 58 and 59: 56 XIII. COMPETITIONS80 ApprovalAny
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Page 76 and 77: 74 XI. FINAL PROVISIONS24 Objective
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