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Contents 1 The Code of Canon Law (1983) 1.1 BOOK I: GENERAL NORMS 1.2 BOOK II: THE PEOPLE OF GOD 1.2.1 Part I: Christ’s Faithful 1.2.2 Part II: The Hierarchical Constitution Of The Church 1.2.2.1 Section I: The Supreme Authority Of The Church 1.2.2.2 Section II: Particular Churches And Their Groupings 1.2.3 Part III: Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 1.2.3.1 Section I: Institutes of Consecrated Life 1.2.3.2 Section II: Societies of Apostolic Life 1.3 BOOK III: THE TEACHING OFFICE OF THE CHURCH 1.4 BOOK IV: THE SANCTIFYING OFFICE OF THE CHURCH 1.4.1 Part I: The Sacraments 1.4.2 Part II: The Other Acts of Divine Worship 1.4.3 Part III: Sacred Places and Times 1.5 BOOK V: THE TEMPORAL GOODS OF THE CHURCH 1.6 BOOK VI: SANCTIONS IN THE CHURCH 1.6.1 Part I: Offenses and Punishments in General 1.6.2 Part II: Penalties for Particular Offenses 1.7 BOOK VII: PROCESSES 1.7.1 Part I: Trials in General 1.7.2 Part II: The Contentious Trial 1.7.2.1 Section I: The Ordinary Contentious Trial 1.7.2.2 SECTION II: THE ORAL CONTENTIOUS PROCESS 1.7.3 Part III: Certain Special Processes 1.7.4 Part IV: The Penal Process 1.7.5 Part V: The Manner of Procedure in Administrative Recourse and in the Removal or Transfer of Parish Priests 1.7.5.1 Section I: Recourse Against Administrative Decrees 1.7.5.2 Section II: The Procedure for the Removal or Transfer of Parish Priests 1.8 GLOSSARY 1.9 PROMULGATION OF THE NEW CODE OF CANON LAW

The Code of Canon Law (1983)

BOOK I: GENERAL NORMS

• Title I: Ecclesiastical Laws
• Title II: Custom
• Title III: General Decrees And Instructions
• Title IV: Singular Administrative Acts
  • Chapter I: COMMON NORMS
  • Chapter II: SINGULAR DECREES AND PRECEPTS
  • Chapter III: RESCRIPTS
  • Chapter IV: PRIVILEGES
  • Chapter V: DISPENSATIONS
• Title V: Statutes And Ordinances
• Title VI: Physical And Juridical Persons
  • Chapter I: The Canonical Status Of Physical Persons
  • Chapter II: JURIDICAL PERSONS
• Title VII: Juridical Acts
• Title VIII: Power Of Governance
• Title IX: Ecclesiastical Offices
  • Chapter I: THE PROVISION OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICE
    • Article 1: Free Conferral
    • Article 2: Presentation
    • Article 3: Election
    • Article 4: Postulation
  • Chapter II: LOSS OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICE
    • Article 1: Resignation
    • Article 2: Transfer
    • Article 3: Removal
    • Article 4: Deprivation
• Title X: Prescription
• Title XI: The Reckoning Of Time

BOOK II: THE PEOPLE OF GOD

(Indexed by Part)

Part I: Christ’s Faithful

• Title I: The Obligations And Rights Of All Christ’s Faithful
• Title II: The Obligations And Rights Of The Lay Members Of Christ’s Faithful
• Title III: Sacred Ministers Or Clerics
  • Chapter I: THE FORMATION OF CLERICS
  • Chapter II: THE ENROLMENT OR INCARDINATION OF CLERICS
  • Chapter III: THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CLERICS
  • Chapter IV: LOSS OF THE CLERICAL STATE
• Title IV: Personal Prelatures
• Title V: Associations Of Christ’s Faithful
  • Chapter I: COMMON NORMS
  • Chapter II: PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS OF CHRIST’S FAITHFUL
  • Chapter III: PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS OF CHRIST’S FAITHFUL
  • Chapter IV: SPECIAL NORMS FOR LAY ASSOCIATIONS

Part II: The Hierarchical Constitution Of The Church

Section I: The Supreme Authority Of The Church

• • Chapter I: The Roman Pontiff And The College Of Bishops
    • Article 1: The Roman Pontiff
    • Article 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: PAPAL LEGATES

Section II: Particular Churches And Their Groupings

• Title I: Particular Churches And The Authority Constituted Within Them
  • Chapter I: Particular Churches
  • Chapter II: BISHOPS
    • Article 1: Bishops in General
    • Article 2: Diocesan Bishops
    • Article 3: Coadjutor and Auxiliary Bishops
  • Chapter III: THE IMPEDED OR VACANT SEE
    • Article 1: The Impeded See
    • Article 2: The Vacant See
• Title II: Groupings Of Particular Churches
  • Chapter I: Ecclesiastical Provinces And Ecclesiastical Regions
  • Chapter II: METROPOLITANS
  • Chapter III: PARTICULAR COUNCILS
  • Chapter IV: EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES
• Title III: The Internal Ordering Of Particular Churches
  • Chapter I: The Diocesan Synod
  • Chapter II: THE DIOCESAN CURIA
    • Article 1: Vicars General and Episcopal Vicars
    • Article 2: The Chancellor, other Notaries and the Archives
    • Article 3: The Finance Committee and the Financial Administrator
  • Chapter III: THE COUNCIL OF PRIESTS AND THE COLLEGE OF CONSULTORS
  • Chapter IV: THE CHAPTER OF CANONS
  • Chapter V: THE PASTORAL COUNCIL
  • Chapter VI: PARISHES, PARISH PRIESTS AND ASSISTANT PRIESTS
  • Chapter VII: VICARS FORANE
  • Chapter VIII: RECTORS OF CHURCHES AND CHAPLAINS
    • Article 1: Rectors of Churches
    • Article 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
• Title II: Religious Institutes
  • Chapter I: RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPRESSION
  • Chapter II: THE GOVERNANCE OF INSTITUTES
    • Article 1: Superiors and Councils
    • Article 2: Chapters
    • Article 3: Temporal Goods and their Administration
  • Chapter III: THE ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES AND THE FORMATION OF MEMBERS
    • Article 1: Admission to the Novitiate
    • Article 2: The Novitiate and the Formation of Novices
    • Article 3: Religious Profession
    • Article 4: The Formation of Religious
  • Chapter IV: THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF INSTITUTES AND OF THEIR MEMBERS
  • Chapter V: THE APOSTOLATE OF INSTITUTES
  • Chapter VI: THE SEPARATION OF MEMBERS FROM THE INSTITUTE
    • Article 1: Transfer to another Institute
    • Article 2: Departure from the Institute
    • Article 3: The Dismissal of Members
  • Chapter VII: RELIGIOUS RAISED TO THE EPISCOPATE
  • Chapter VIII: CONFERENCES OF MAJOR SUPERIORS
• Title III: Secular Institutes

Section II: Societies of Apostolic Life

BOOK III: THE TEACHING OFFICE OF THE CHURCH

• TITLE I: THE MINISTRY OF THE DIVINE WORD
  • Chapter I: PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD
  • Chapter II: CATECHETICAL FORMATION
• TITLE II: THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH
• TITLE III: CATHOLIC EDUCATION
  • Chapter I: SCHOOLS
  • Chapter II: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTES OF HIGHER STUDIES
  • Chapter III: ECCLESIASTICAL UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES
• TITLE IV: THE MEANS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND BOOKS IN PARTICULAR
• TITLE V: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

BOOK IV: THE SANCTIFYING OFFICE OF THE CHURCH

(Indexed by Part)

Part I: The Sacraments

• TITLE I: BAPTISM
  • Chapter I: THE CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM
  • Chapter II: THE MINISTER OF BAPTISM
  • Chapter III: THE PERSONS TO BE BAPTIZED
  • Chapter IV: SPONSORS
  • Chapter V: PROOF AND REGISTRATION OF BAPTISM
• TITLE II: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
  • Chapter I: THE CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION
  • Chapter II: THE MINISTER OF CONFIRMATION
  • Chapter III: THE PERSONS TO BE CONFIRMED
  • Chapter IV: SPONSORS
  • Chapter V: PROOF AND REGISTRATION OF CONFIRMATION
• TITLE III: THE BLESSED EUCHARIST
  • Chapter I: THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
    • Article 1: The Minister of the Blessed Eucharist
    • Article 2: Participation in the Blessed Eucharist
    • Article 3: The Rites and Ceremonies of the Eucharistic Celebration
    • Article 4: The Time and Place of the Eucharistic Celebration
  • Chapter II: THE RESERVATION AND VENERATION OF THE BLESSED EUCHARIST
  • Chapter III: THE OFFERING MADE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MASS
• TITLE IV: THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
  • 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 ANOINTING OF THE SICK
  • Chapter I: THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT
  • Chapter II: THE MINISTER OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK
  • Chapter III: THOSE TO BE ANOINTED
• TITLE VI: ORDERS
  • Chapter I: THE CELEBRATION OF ORDINATION AND THE MINISTER
  • Chapter II: THOSE TO BE ORDAINED
    • Article 1: The Requirements in those to be Ordained
    • Article 2: Prerequisites for Ordination
    • Article 3: Irregularities and other Impediments
    • Article 4: Documents required and the Investigation
  • Chapter III: THE REGISTRATION AND EVIDENCE OF ORDINATION
• TITLE VII: MARRIAGE
  • Chapter I: PASTORAL CARE AND THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
  • Chapter II: DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS IN GENERAL
  • Chapter III: INDIVIDUAL DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS
  • Chapter IV: MATRIMONIAL CONSENT
  • Chapter V: THE FORM OF THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
  • Chapter VI: MIXED MARRIAGES
  • Chapter VII: THE SECRET CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
  • Chapter VIII: THE EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE
  • Chapter IX: THE SEPARATION OF THE SPOUSES
    • Article 1: The Dissolution of the Bond
    • Article 2: Separation while the Bond remains
  • Chapter X: THE VALIDATION OF MARRIAGE
    • Article 1: Simple Validation
    • Article 2: Retroactive Validation

Part II: The Other Acts of Divine Worship

• TITLE I: SACRAMENTALS
• TITLE II: THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
• TITLE III: CHURCH FUNERALS
  • Chapter I: THE CELEBRATION OF FUNERALS
  • Chapter II: THOSE TO WHOM CHURCH FUNERALS ARE TO BE ALLOWED OR DENIED
• TITLE IV: THE CULT OF THE SAINTS, OF SACRED IMAGES AND OF RELICS
• TITLE V: VOWS AND OATHS
  • Chapter I: VOWS
  • Chapter II: OATHS

Part III: Sacred Places and Times

• TITLE I: SACRED PLACES
  • Chapter I: CHURCHES
  • Chapter II: ORATORIES AND PRIVATE CHAPELS
  • Chapter III: SHRINES
  • Chapter IV: ALTARS
  • Chapter V: CEMETERIES
• TITLE II: SACRED TIMES
  • Chapter I: FEAST DAYS
  • Chapter II: DAYS OF PENANCE

BOOK V: THE TEMPORAL GOODS OF THE CHURCH

• TITLE I: THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS
• TITLE II: THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOODS
• TITLE III: CONTRACTS AND ESPECIALLY ALIENATION
• TITLE IV: PIOUS DISPOSITIONS IN GENERAL AND PIOUS FOUNDATIONS

BOOK VI: SANCTIONS IN THE CHURCH

(Indexed by Part)

Part I: Offenses and Punishments in General

• TITLE I: THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES
  • IN GENERAL
• TITLE II: PENAL LAW AND PENAL PRECEPT
• TITLE III: THOSE WHO ARE LIABLE TO PENAL SANCTIONS
• TITLE IV: PENALTIES AND OTHER PUNISHMENTS
  • Chapter I: CENSURES
  • Chapter II: EXPIATORY PENALTIES
  • Chapter III: PENAL REMEDIES AND PENANCES
• TITLE V: THE APPLICATION OF PENALTIES
• TITLE VI: THE CESSATION OF PENALTIES

Part II: Penalties for Particular Offenses

• TITLE I: OFFENSES AGAINST RELIGION AND THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH
• TITLE II: OFFENSES AGAINST CHURCH AUTHORITIES AND THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH
• TITLE III: USURPATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICES AND OFFENCES COMMITTED IN THEIR EXERCISE
• TITLE IV: THE OFFENSE OF FALSEHOOD
• TITLE V: OFFENSES AGAINST SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS
• TITLE VI: OFFENSES AGAINST HUMAN LIFE AND LIBERTY
• TITLE VII: GENERAL NORM

BOOK VII: PROCESSES

(Indexed by Part or by Part and Section)

Part I: Trials in General

• TITLE I: THE COMPETENT FORUM
• TITLE II: DIFFERENT GRADES AND KINDS OF TRIBUNALS
  • Chapter I: THE TRIBUNAL OF FIRST INSTANCE
    • Article 1: The Judge
    • Article 2: Auditors and Relators
    • Article 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
  • Chapter I: THE DUTIES OF THE JUDGES AND OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TRIBUNAL
  • Chapter II: THE ORDERING OF THE HEARING
  • Chapter III: TIME LIMITS AND POSTPONEMENTS
  • Chapter IV: THE PLACE OF TRIAL
  • Chapter V: THOSE WHO MAY BE ADMITTED TO THE COURT AND THE MANNER OF COMPILING AND PRESERVING THE ACTS
• TITLE IV: THE PARTIES IN THE CASE
  • Chapter I: THE PLAINTIFF AND THE RESPONDENT
  • Chapter II: PROCURATORS AND ADVOCATES
• TITLE V: ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
  • Chapter I: ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS IN GENERAL
  • Chapter II: ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS IN PARTICULAR

Part II: The Contentious Trial

Section I: The Ordinary Contentious Trial

• TITLE I: THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE
  • Chapter I: THE PETITION INTRODUCING THE SUIT
  • Chapter II: THE SUMMONS AND THE INTIMATION OF JUDICIAL ACTS
• TITLE II: THE JOINDER OF THE ISSUE
• TITLE III: THE TRIAL OF THE ISSUE
• TITLE IV: PROOFS
  • Chapter I: THE DECLARATIONS OF THE PARTIES
  • Chapter II: DOCUMENTARY PROOF
    • Article 1: The Nature and Reliability of Documents
    • Article 2: The Production of Documents
  • Chapter III: WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY
    • Article 1: Those who can be Witnesses
    • Article 2: The Introduction and the Exclusion of Witnesses
    • Article 3: The Examination of Witnesses
    • Article 4: The Credibility of Evidence
  • Chapter IV: EXPERTS
  • Chapter V: JUDICIAL ACCESS AND INSPECTION
  • Chapter VI: PRESUMPTIONS
• TITLE V: INCIDENTAL MATTERS
  • Chapter I: THE NON-APPEARANCE OF PARTIES
  • Chapter II: THE INTERVENTION OF A THIRD PARTY IN A CASE
• TITLE VI: THE PUBLICATION OF THE ACTS, THE CONCLUSION OF THE CASE AND THE PLEADINGS
• TITLE VII: THE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE JUDGE
• TITLE VIII: CHALLENGING THE JUDGMENT
  • Chapter I: THE PLAINT OF NULLITY OF THE JUDGMENT
  • Chapter II: THE APPEAL
• TITLE IX: ADJUDGED MATTER AND TOTAL REINSTATEMENT
  • Chapter I: ADJUDGED MATTER
  • Chapter II: TOTAL REINSTATEMENT
• TITLE X: JUDICIAL EXPENSES AND FREE LEGAL AID
• TITLE XI: THE EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT

SECTION II: THE ORAL CONTENTIOUS PROCESS

Part III: Certain Special Processes

• TITLE I: MATRIMONIAL PROCESSES
  • Chapter I: CASES CONCERNING THE DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE
    • Article 1: The Competent Forum
    • Article 2: The Right to Challenge the Validity of Marriage
    • Article 3: The Duties of the Judges
    • Article 4: Proofs
    • Article 5: The Judgment and the Appeal
    • Article 6: The Documentary Process
    • Article 7: General Norms
  • Chapter II: CASES CONCERNING THE SEPARATION OF SPOUSES
  • Chapter III: THE PROCESS FOR THE DISPENSATION FROM A RATIFIED AND NON-CONSUMMATED MARRIAGE
  • Chapter IV: THE PROCESS IN THE CASE OF THE PRESUMED DEATH OF A SPOUSE
• TITLE II: CASES FOR THE DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF SACRED ORDINATION
• TITLE III: WAYS OF AVOIDING TRIALS

Part IV: The Penal Process

• • Chapter I: THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
  • Chapter II: THE COURSE OF THE PROCESS
  • Chapter III: THE ACTION TO COMPENSATE FOR HARM

Part V: The Manner of Procedure in Administrative Recourse and in the Removal or Transfer of Parish Priests

Section I: Recourse Against Administrative Decrees

Section II: The Procedure for the Removal or Transfer of Parish Priests

• • Chapter I: THE PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF PARISH PRIESTS
  • Chapter II: THE PROCEDURE FOR THE TRANSFER OF PARISH PRIESTS

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