PREAMBLE
I. DEFINITION AND INTERPRETATION
II. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
Article 1. Natural persons
Article 2. Time / Commencement
Article 3. General rules
Article 4. Eligibility and Dismissal
III. RULES OF CONDUCT
Article 5. Conflicts of interest
Article 6. Conduct towards government and private organizations
Article 7. Discrimination and Defamation
Article 8. Protection of personal rights and mental integrity Article 9. Loyalty and confidentiality
IV. RULES OF CONDUCT
Article 10. Offering and accepting and other benefits Article 11. Bribery
Article 12. Misappropriation of funds
Article 13.Manipulation of football matches or competitions
Article 14. Commission
Article 15. Forgery and falsification
V. PROCEDURAL RULES
Article 16. Abuse of Position
Article 17. Involvement in betting, gambling or other similar activities
Article 18. Duty of disclosure and reporting
Article 19.Jurisdiction of Ethics Committee
Article 20. Duty to Cooperate
Article 21. Application of SLFA Disciplinary Code
Article 22. Means of redress
Article 23. Overlapping Responsibility
Article 24. Secretaries
Article 25. Independence
Article 26. Withdrawal
Article 27.Confidentiality.
Article 28.Parties
Article 29. Representation
Article 30. Failure to Cooperate
Article 31. Notification of decisions and other documents
Article 32. Effects of decision
Article 33. Various Types of proof
Article 34. Anonymous participation in proceedings Article 35. Identification of anonymous participation in proceedings
Article 36. Inadmissible evidence
Article 37. Evaluation of proof
Article 38. Standard of proof
Article 39. Burden of Proof
Article 40. Beginning and end of time limits
Article 41. Compliance
Article 42. Extension
Article 43. Suspension or Continuation of proceedings
Article 44. Procedural cost
Article 45. Procedural Costs in case of closure or proceedings or acquittal
Article 46. Procedural costs if sanctions are imposed
Article 47. Procedural compensation
Article 48. Right to submit complaints
Article 49. Preliminary investigations
Article 50. Opening of investigation proceedings
Article 51. Initiation of investigation
Article 52. Duties and competence of the Ethics Committee as an Investigatory chambers
Article 53. Conduct of proceedings
Article 54. Competence of the Chairman of the Ethics Committee acting as Chief of investigation
Article 55. Conclusion of investigation proceedings
Article 56. Final Report
Article 57. Plea bargain (application of sanction by mutual consent)
Article 58. Duties and competence of Ethics committee sitting as an adjudicatory chamber
Article 59. Adjudicatory proceedings
Article 60. Jurisdiction of the Chairperson of the ethics committee in an adjudicatory chambers ruling alone
Article 61. Right to be heard
Article 62. Rejection of motions for the admission of evidence
Article 63. Composition of panel
Article 64. Hearings, principles
Article 65. Hearing, procedure
Article 66. Deliberations
Article 67. Taking the decision
Article 68. Grounds of decision
Article 69. Form and content of the decision
Article 70. Enforcement of decisions
Article 71. Appeals Committee
Article 72. Court of Arbitration for Sport
Article 73. Review
Article 74. Conditions, jurisdiction, procedure
Article 75. Duration
Article76. Exemption from Liability
Article77. Repeated breaches
Article 78. Concurrent breaches
Article 79. Limitation period for prosecution
Article 80. Adoption and enforcement
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, SLFA bears a special responsibility to safeguard the integrity and reputation of football IN THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE.
AND WHEREAS, SLFA is constantly striving to protect the image of football, and especially that of SLFA, from jeopardy or harm as a result of immoral or unethical methods and practices the always threatens to administration, management and practice of the game.
NOW THEREFORE, the said FIFA 2018 Code of ethics having been adopted by the General Congress is now subsumed in the subsisting code of ethics to be “SLFA Code of Ethics 2020”.