| Canon | Text |
|---|---|
| Sanctions in the Church » Offenses and Penalties in General » Penal Law and Penal Precept | |
| Canon 1317. | Penalties are to be established only in so far as they are really necessary for the better maintenance of ecclesiastical discipline. Dismissal from the clerical state, however, cannot be laid down by a lower legislator. |
| Canon 1318. | Latae sententiae penalties are not to be established, except perhaps for some outstanding and malicious offences which may be either more grave by reason of scandal or such that they cannot be effectively punished by ferendae sententiae penalties; censures, however, especially excommunication, are not to be established, except with the greatest moderation, and only for offences of special gravity. |
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