| Canon | Text |
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| General Norms » Ecclesiastical Offices » Loss of Ecclesiastical Office » Resignation | |
| Canon 187. | Anyone responsible for oneself (*sui compos*) can resign from an ecclesiastical office for a just cause. |
| Canon 188. | A resignation made out of grave fear that is inflicted unjustly or out of malice, substantial error, or simony is invalid by the law itself. |
| Canon 189. | §1. To be valid, a resignation, whether it requires acceptance or not, must be made to the authority to whom it pertains to make provision of the office in question; this must be done either in writing, or orally in the presence of two witnesses.
§2. The authority is not to accept a resignation which is not based on a just and proportionate cause. §3. A resignation which requires acceptance lacks all force if it is not accepted within three months; one which does not require acceptance takes effect when it has been communicated by the one resigning according to the norm of law. §4. A resignation can be revoked by the one resigning as long as it has not taken effect; once it has taken effect it cannot be revoked, but the one who resigned can obtain the office by some other title. |
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