CODE OF CANON LAW

Code of Canon Law

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INTRODUCTION

1. BOOK I. GENERAL NORMS LIBER I. DE NORMIS GENERALIBUS
   TITLE I. ECCLESIASTICAL LAWS (Cann. 7 - 22)
   TITLE II. CUSTOM (Cann. 23 - 28)
   TITLE III. GENERAL DECREES AND INSTRUCTIONS (Cann. 29 - 34)
   TITLE IV. SINGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS (Cann. 35 - 93)
   CHAPTER I. COMMON NORMS
   CHAPTER II. SINGULAR DECREES AND PRECEPTS
   CHAPTER III. RESCRIPTS
   CHAPTER IV. PRIVILEGES
   CHAPTER V. DISPENSATIONS
   TITLE V. STATUTES AND RULES OF ORDER (Cann. 94 - 95)
   TITLE VI. PHYSICAL AND JURIDIC PERSONS (Cann. 96 - 123)
   CHAPTER I. THE CANONICAL CONDITION OF PHYSICAL PERSONS
   CHAPTER II. JURIDIC PERSONS
   TITLE VII. JURIDIC ACTS (Cann. 124 - 128)
   TITLE VIII. THE POWER OF GOVERNANCE (Cann. 129 - 144)
   TITLE IX. ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICES (Cann. 145 - 196)
   CHAPTER I. PROVISION OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICE
   Art. 1. FREE CONFERRAL
   Art. 2. PRESENTATION
   Art. 3. ELECTION
   Art. 4. POSTULATION
   CHAPTER II. LOSS OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICE
   Art. 1. RESIGNATION
   Art. 2. TRANSFER
   Art. 3. REMOVAL
   Art. 4. PRIVATION
   TITLE X. PRESCRIPTION (Cann. 197 - 199)
   TITLE XI. COMPUTATION OF TIME (Cann. 200 - 203)
   
2. BOOK II. THE PEOPLE OF GOD LIBER II. DE POPULO DEI
   PART I. THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 204 - 207)
   TITLE I. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF ALL THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 208 - 223)
   TITLE II. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF THE LAY CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 224 - 231)
   TITLE III. SACRED MINISTERS OR CLERICS (Cann. 232 - 293)
   CHAPTER I. THE FORMATION OF CLERICS
   CHAPTER II. THE ENROLLMENT, OR INCARDINATION, OF CLERICS
   CHAPTER III. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CLERICS
   CHAPTER IV. LOSS OF THE CLERICAL STATE
   TITLE IV. PERSONAL PRELATURES (Cann. 294 - 297)
   TITLE V. ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 298 - 329)
   CHAPTER I. COMMON NORMS
   CHAPTER II. PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL
   CHAPTER III. PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL
   CHAPTER IV. SPECIAL NORMS FOR ASSOCIATIONS OF THE LAITY
   PART II. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
   SECTION I. THE SUPREME AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 330 - 367)
   CHAPTER I. THE ROMAN PONTIFF AND THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS
   Art. 1. THE ROMAN PONTIFF
   Art. 2. THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS
   CHAPTER II. THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
   CHAPTER III. THE CARDINALS OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH
   CHAPTER IV. THE ROMAN CURIA
   CHAPTER V. LEGATES OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
   SECTION II. PARTICULAR CHURCHES AND THEIR GROUPINGS
   TITLE I. PARTICULAR CHURCHES AND THE AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED IN THEM (Cann. 368 - 430)
   CHAPTER I. PARTICULAR CHURCHES
   CHAPTER II. BISHOPS
   Art. 1. BISHOPS IN GENERAL
   Art. 2. DIOCESAN BISHOPS
   Art. 3. COADJUTOR AND AUXILIARY BISHOPS
   CHAPTER III. THE IMPEDED SEE AND THE VACANT SEE
   Art. 1. THE IMPEDED SEE
   Art. 2. THE VACANT SEE
   TITLE II. GROUPINGS OF PARTICULAR CHURCHES (Cann. 431 - 459)
   CHAPTER I. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCES AND ECCLESIASTICAL REGIONS
   CHAPTER II. METROPOLITANS
   CHAPTER III. PARTICULAR COUNCILS
   CHAPTER IV. CONFERENCES OF BISHOPS
   TITLE III. THE INTERNAL ORDERING OF PARTICULAR CHURCHES (Cann. 460 - 572)
   CHAPTER I. THE DIOCESAN SYNOD
   CHAPTER II. THE DIOCESAN CURIA
   Art. 1. VICARS GENERAL AND EPISCOPAL VICARS
   Art. 2. THE CHANCELLOR, OTHER NOTARIES, AND THE ARCHIVES
   Art. 3. THE FINANCE COUNCIL AND THE FINANCE OFFICER
   CHAPTER III. THE PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL AND THE COLLEGE OF CONSULTORS
   CHAPTER IV. CHAPTERS OF CANONS
   CHAPTER V. THE PASTORAL COUNCIL
   CHAPTER VI. PARISHES, PASTORS, AND PAROCHIAL VICARS
   CHAPTER VII. VICARS FORANE
   CHAPTER VIII. RECTORS OF CHURCHES AND CHAPLAINS
   Art. 1. RECTORS OF CHURCHES
   Art. 2. CHAPLAINS
   PART III. INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE AND SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE
   SECTION I: INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE
   TITLE I: NORMS COMMON TO ALL INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE (Cann. 573 - 606)
   TITLE II. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES (Cann. 607 - 709)
   CHAPTER I. RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND THEIR ERECTION AND SUPPRESSION
   CHAPTER II. THE GOVERNANCE OF INSTITUTES
   Art. 1. SUPERIORS AND COUNCILS
   Art. 2. CHAPTERS
   Art. 3. TEMPORAL GOODS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION
   CHAPTER III. THE ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES AND THE FORMATION OF MEMBERS
   Art. 1. ADMISSION TO THE NOVITIATE
   Art. 2. THE NOVITIATE AND FORMATION OF NOVICES
   Art. 3. RELIGIOUS PROFESSION
   Art. 4. THE FORMATION OF RELIGIOUS
   CHAPTER IV. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF INSTITUTES AND THEIR MEMBERS
   CHAPTER V. THE APOSTOLATE OF INSTITUTES
   CHAPTER VI. SEPARATION OF MEMBERS FROM THE INSTITUTE
   Art. 1. TRANSFER TO ANOTHER INSTITUTE
   Art. 2. DEPARTURE FROM AN INSTITUTE
   Art. 3. DISMISSAL OF MEMBERS
   CHAPTER VII. RELIGIOUS RAISED TO THE EPISCOPATE
   CHAPTER VIII. CONFERENCES OF MAJOR SUPERIORS
   TITLE III. SECULAR INSTITUTES (Cann. 710 - 730)
   SECTION II. SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE (Cann. 731 - 755)
   
3. BOOK III. THE TEACHING FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH LIBER III. DE ECCLESIAE MUNERE DOCENDI
   TITLE I. THE MINISTRY OF THE DIVINE WORD (Cann. 756 - 780)
   CHAPTER I. THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD
   CHAPTER II. CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION
   TITLE II. THE MISSIONARY ACTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 781 - 792)
   TITLE III. CATHOLIC EDUCATION (Cann. 793 - 821)
   CHAPTER I. SCHOOLS
   CHAPTER II. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTES OF HIGHER STUDIES
   CHAPTER III. ECCLESIASTICAL UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES
   TITLE IV. INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND BOOKS IN PARTICULAR (Cann. 822 - 832)
   TITLE V. THE PROFESSION OF FAITH (Can. 833)
   
4. BOOK IV FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 834 - 848)
   PART I. THE SACRAMENTS
   TITLE I. BAPTISM (Cann. 849 - 878)
   CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM
   CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF BAPTISM
   CHAPTER III. THOSE TO BE BAPTIZED
   CHAPTER IV. SPONSORS
   CHAPTER V. THE PROOF AND REGISTRATION OF THE CONFERRAL OF BAPTISM
   TITLE II. THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (Cann. 879 - 896)
   CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION
   CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF CONFIRMATION
   CHAPTER III. THOSE TO BE CONFIRMED
   CHAPTER IV. SPONSORS
   CHAPTER V. THE PROOF AND REGISTRATION OF THE CONFERRAL OF CONFIRMATION
   TITLE III. THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST (Cann. 897 - 958)
   CHAPTER I. THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION
   Art. 1. THE MINISTER OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST
   Art. 2. PARTICIPATION IN THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST
   Art. 3. THE RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION
   Art. 4. THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
   CHAPTER II. THE RESERVATION AND VENERATION OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST
   CHAPTER III. THE OFFERING GIVEN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MASS
   TITLE IV. THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (Cann. 959 - 997)
   CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT
   CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
   CHAPTER III. THE PENITENT
   CHAPTER IV. INDULGENCES
   TITLE V. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK (Cann. 998 - 1007)
   CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT
   CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
   CHAPTER III. THOSE ON WHOM THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK IS TO BE CONFERRED
   TITLE VI. ORDERS (Cann. 1008 - 1054)
   CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION AND MINISTER OF ORDINATION
   CHAPTER II. THOSE TO BE ORDAINED
   Art. 1. REQUIREMENTS IN THOSE TO BE ORDAINED
   Art. 2. THE PREREQUISITES FOR ORDINATION
   Art. 3. IRREGULARITIES AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS
   Art. 4. THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND INVESTIGATION
   CHAPTER III. THE NOTATION AND TESTIMONIAL OF ORDINATION CONFERRED
   TITLE VII. MARRIAGE (Cann. 1055 - 1165)
   CHAPTER I. PASTORAL CARE AND THOSE THINGS WHICH MUST PRECEDE THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
   CHAPTER II. DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS IN GENERAL
   CHAPTER III. SPECIFIC DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS
   CHAPTER IV. MATRIMONIAL CONSENT
   CHAPTER V. THE FORM OF THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
   CHAPTER VI. MIXED MARRIAGES
   CHAPTER VII. MARRIAGE CELEBRATED SECRETLY
   CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE
   CHAPTER IX. THE SEPARATION OF SPOUSES
   Art. 1. DISSOLUTION OF THE BOND
   Art. 2. SEPARATION WITH THE BOND REMAINING
   CHAPTER X. THE CONVALIDATION OF MARRIAGE
   Art. 1. SIMPLE CONVALIDATION
   Art. 2. RADICAL SANATION
   PART II : THE OTHER ACTS OF DIVINE WORSHIP
   TITLE I: SACRAMENTALS (Cann. 1166 - 1172)
   TITLE II. THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Cann. 1173 - 1175)
   TITLE III. ECCLESIASTICAL FUNERALS (Cann. 1176 - 1185)
   CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF FUNERALS
   CHAPTER II. THOSE TO WHOM ECCLESIASTICAL FUNERALS MUST BE GRANTED OR DENIED
   TITLE IV. THE VENERATION OF THE SAINTS, SACRED IMAGES, AND RELICS (Cann. 1186 - 1190)
   TITLE V. A VOW AND AN OATH (Cann. 1191 - 1204)
   CHAPTER I. A VOW
   CHAPTER II. AN OATH
   PART III : SACRED PLACES AND TIMES
   TITLE I: SACRED PLACES (Cann. 1205 - 1243)
   CHAPTER I. CHURCHES
   CHAPTER II. ORATORIES AND PRIVATE CHAPELS
   CHAPTER III. SHRINES
   CHAPTER IV. ALTARS
   CHAPTER V. CEMETERIES
   TITLE II. SACRED TIMES (Cann. 1244 - 1258)
   CHAPTER I. Feast Days
   CHAPTER II. Days of Penance
   
5. BOOK V. THE TEMPORAL GOODS OF THE CHURCH LIBER V. DE BONIS ECCLESIAE TEMPORALIBUS
   TITLE I. THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS (Cann. 1259 - 1272)
   TITLE II. THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOODS (Cann. 1273 - 1289)
   TITLE III. CONTRACTS AND ESPECIALLY ALIENATION (Cann. 1290 - 1298)
   TITLE IV. PIOUS WILLS IN GENERAL AND PIOUS FOUNDATIONS (Cann. 1299 - 1310)
   
6. BOOK VI. SANCTIONS IN THE CHURCH LIBER VI. DE SANCTIONIBUS IN ECCLESIA
   PART I. DELICTS AND PENALTIES IN GENERAL
   TITLE I THE PUNISHMENT OF DELICTS IN GENERAL (Cann. 1311 - 1312)
   TITLE II. PENAL LAW AND PENAL PRECEPT (Cann. 1313 - 1320)
   TITLE III. THE SUBJECT LIABLE TO PENAL SANCTIONS (Cann. 1321 - 1330)
   TITLE IV. PENALTIES AND OTHER PUNISHMENTS (Cann. 1331 - 1340)
   CHAPTER I. CENSURES
   CHAPTER II. EXPIATORY PENALTIES
   CHAPTER III. PENAL REMEDIES AND PENANCES
   TITLE V. THE APPLICATION OF PENALTIES (Cann. 1341 - 1353)
   TITLE VI. THE CESSATION OF PENALTIES (Cann. 1354 - 1363)
   PART II. PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUAL DELICTS
   TITLE I. DELICTS AGAINST RELIGION AND THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 1364 - 1369)
   TITLE II DELICTS AGAINST ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 1370 - 1377)
   TITLE III. USURPATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL FUNCTIONS AND DELICTS IN THEIR EXERCISE (Cann. 1378 - 1389)
   TITLE IV. THE CRIME OF FALSEHOOD (Cann. 1390 - 1391)
   TITLE V. DELICTS AGAINST SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS (Cann. 1392 - 1396)
   TITLE VI. DELICTS AGAINST HUMAN LIFE AND FREEDOM (Cann. 1397 - 1398)
   TITLE VII. GENERAL NORM (Can. 1399)
   
7. BOOK VII PROCESSES
   Part I. TRIALS IN GENERAL (Cann. 1400 - 1403)
   TITLE I. THE COMPETENT FORUM (Cann. 1404 - 1416)
   TITLE II. DIFFERENT GRADES AND KINDS OF TRIBUNALS (Cann. 1417 - 1445)
   CHAPTER I. THE TRIBUNAL OF FIRST INSTANCE
   Art. 1. THE JUDGE
   Art. 2. AUDITORS AND RELATORS
   Art. 3. THE PROMOTER OF JUSTICE, THE DEFENDER OF THE BOND, AND THE NOTARY
   CHAPTER II. THE TRIBUNAL OF SECOND INSTANCE
   CHAPTER III. THE TRIBUNALS OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE
   TITLE III. THE DISCIPLINE TO BE OBSERVED IN TRIBUNALS (Cann. 1446 - 1475)
   CHAPTER I. THE DUTY OF JUDGES AND MINISTERS OF THE TRIBUNAL
   CHAPTER II. THE ORDER OF ADJUDICATION
   CHAPTER III. TIME LIMITS AND DELAYS
   CHAPTER IV. THE PLACE OF THE TRIAL
   CHAPTER V. PERSONS TO BE ADMITTED TO THE COURT AND THE MANNER OF PREPARING AND KEEPING THE ACTS
   TITLE IV. THE PARTIES IN A CASE (Cann. 1476 - 1490)
   CHAPTER I. The Petitioner and the Respondent
   CHAPTER II. PROCURATORS FOR LITIGATION AND ADVOCATES
   TITLE V. ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS (Cann. 1491 - 1500)
   CHAPTER I. ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS IN GENERAL
   CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
   PART II. THE CONTENTIOUS TRIAL
   SECTION I. THE ORDINARY CONTENTIOUS TRIAL
   TITLE I. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE (Cann. 1501 - 1512)
   CHAPTER I. The Introductory Libellus of Litigation
   CHAPTER II. THE CITATION AND NOTIFICATION OF JUDICIAL ACTS
   TITLE II. THE JOINDER OF THE ISSUE (Cann. 1513 - 1516)
   TITLE III. THE TRIAL OF THE LITIGATION (Cann. 1517 - 1525)
   TITLE IV. PROOFS (Cann. 1526 - 1586)
   CHAPTER I. THE DECLARATIONS OF THE PARTIES
   CHAPTER II. PROOF THROUGH DOCUMENTS
   Art. 1. THE NATURE AND TRUSTWORTHINESS OF DOCUMENTS
   Art. 2. THE PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS
   CHAPTER III. WITNESSES AND TESTIMONIES
   Art. 1. THOSE WHO CAN BE WITNESSES
   Art. 2. THE INTRODUCTION AND EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
   Art. 3. THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
   Art. 4. THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF TESTIMONIES
   CHAPTER IV. EXPERTS
   CHAPTER V. JUDICIAL EXAMINATION AND INSPECTION
   CHAPTER VI. PRESUMPTIONS
   TITLE V. INCIDENTAL CASES (Cann. 1587 - 1597)
   CHAPTER I. PARTIES WHO DO NOT APPEAR
   CHAPTER II. THE INTERVENTION OF A THIRD PERSON IN A CASE
   TITLE VI. THE PUBLICATION OF THE ACTS, THE CONCLUSION OF THE CASE, AND THE DISCUSSION OF THE CASE (Cann. 1598 - 1606)
   TITLE VII. THE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE JUDGE (Cann. 1607 - 1618)
   TITLE VIII. CHALLENGE OF THE SENTENCE (Cann. 1619 - 1640)
   CHAPTER I. COMPLAINT OF NULLITY AGAINST THE SENTENCE
   CHAPTER II. APPEAL
   TITLE IX. RES IUDICATA AND RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM (Cann. 1641 - 1648)
   CHAPTER I. RES IUDICATA
   CHAPTER II. RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM
   TITLE X. JUDICIAL EXPENSES AND GRATUITOUS LEGAL ASSISTANCE (Can. 1649)
   TITLE XI. THE EXECUTION OF THE SENTENCE (Cann. 1650 - 1655)
   SECTION II. THE ORAL CONTENTIOUS PROCESS (Cann. 1656 - 1670)
   PART III. CERTAIN SPECIAL PROCESSES
   TITLE I. MARRIAGE PROCESSES (Cann. 1671 - 1707)
   CHAPTER I. CASES TO DECLARE THE NULLITY OF MARRIAGE
   Art. 1. THE COMPETENT FORUM
   Art. 2. THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE A MARRIAGE
   Art. 3. THE DUTY OF THE JUDGES
   Art. 4. PROOFS
   Art. 5. THE SENTENCE AND THE APPEAL
   Art. 6. THE DOCUMENTARY PROCESS
   Art. 7. GENERAL NORMS
   CHAPTER II. CASES OF SEPARATION OF SPOUSES
   CHAPTER III. PROCESS FOR THE DISPENSATION OF A MARRIAGE RATUM ET NON CONSUMMATUM
   CHAPTER IV. PROCESS IN THE PRESUMED DEATH OF A SPOUSE
   TITLE II. CASES FOR DECLARING THE NULLITY OF SACRED ORDINATION (Cann. 1708 - 1712)
   TITLE III. METHODS OF AVOIDING TRIALS (Cann. 1713 - 1716)
   PART IV. THE PENAL PROCESS (Cann. 1717 - 1731)
   CHAPTER I. The Preliminary Investigation
   CHAPTER II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS
   CHAPTER III. ACTION TO REPAIR DAMAGES
   PART V. THE METHOD OF PROCEEDING IN ADMINISTRATIVE RECOURSE AND IN THE REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF PASTORS
   SECTION I. RECOURSE AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE DECREES (Cann. 1732 - 1739)
   SECTION II. THE PROCEDURE IN THE REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF PASTORS (Cann. 1740 - 1752)
   CHAPTER I. THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING IN THE REMOVAL OF PASTORS
   CHAPTER II. THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING IN THE TRANSFER OF PASTORS