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FIFA's judicial bodies are its Disciplinary Committee and
its Appeal Committee, as per article 43 of the FIFA statutes. Their
functions are laid out in the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC). Members
of these committees are appointed by the FIFA Executive Committee
for renewable four year periods. Both committees are presided over
by a Chairman and Deputy Chairman, both of whom have legal
backgrounds.
In keeping with FIFA's policy regarding the separation of
decision-making powers, members of these committees reach their
decisions entirely independently. They receive no instructions from
any other body, and may not sit on any other FIFA committee.
