FIFA Statutes:
The FIFA Statutes and the accompanying regulations governing their implementation form the Constitution of football's international governing body. They provide the basic laws for world football, on which countless rules are set for competitions, transfers, doping issues and a host of other concerns.

Changes to the FIFA Statutes can only be made by the FIFA Congress and require a three-quarter majority of the associations present and eligible to vote.

The Statutes have undergone several thorough revisions during FIFA's history, giving FIFA a modern and comprehensive legal framework for its increasingly important work.

These Statutes were adopted at the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney on 30 May 2008 and came into force on 1 August 2008.

Laws of the Game:

On 1 July 2008, the new Laws of the Game, modified at the 122nd Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Perthshire, Scotland on 8 March 2008, came into force.

To see the current Laws of your favourite game, click on the link in the "Read more" section below.

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