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The Sanctifying Function of the Church » The Sacraments » Marriage » The convalidation of marriage » Simple convalidation
Canon 1156. §1 To validate a marriage which is invalid because of a diriment impediment, it is required that the impediment cease or be dispensed, and that at least the party aware of the impediment renews consent.

§2 This renewal is required by ecclesiastical law for the validity of the validation, even if at the beginning both parties had given consent and had not afterwards withdrawn it.

§1. Ad convalidandum matrimonium irritum ob impedimentum dirimens, requiritur ut cesset impedimentum vel ab eodem dispensetur, et consensum renovet saltem pars impedimenti conscia.

§2. Haec renovatio iure ecclesiastico requiritur ad validitatem convalidationis, etiamsi initio utraque pars consensum praestiterit nec postea revocaverit.
Canon 1157. The renewal of consent must be a new act of will consenting to a marriage which the renewing party knows or thinks was invalid from the beginning.

Renovatio consensus debet esse novus voluntatis actus in matrimonium, quod pars renovans scit aut opinatur ab initio nullum fuisse.
Canon 1158. §1 If the impediment is public, consent is to be renewed by both parties in the canonical form, without prejudice to the provision of can. 1127 §3.

§2 If the impediment cannot be proved, it is sufficient that consent be renewed privately and in secret, specifically by the party who is aware of the impediment
provided the other party persists in the consent given, or by both parties if the impediment is known to both.

§1. Si impedimentum sit publicum, consensus ab utraque parte renovandus est forma canonica, salvo praescripto can. 1127, §2.

§2. Si impedimentum probari nequeat, satis est ut consensus renovetur privatim et secreto, et quidem a parte impedimenti conscia, dummodo altera in consensu praestito perseveret, aut ab utraque parte, si impedimentum sit utrique parti notum.
Canon 1159. §1 A marriage invalid because of a defect of consent is validated if the party who did not consent, now does consent, provided the consent given by the other party persists.

§2 If the defect of the consent cannot be proven, it is sufficient that the party who did not consent, gives consent privately and in secret.

§3 If the defect of consent can be proven, it is necessary that consent be given in the canonical form.

§1. Matrimonium irritum ob defectum consensus convalidatur, si pars quae non consenserat, iam consentiat, dummodo consensus ab altera parte praestitus perseveret.

§2. Si defectus consensus probari nequeat, satis est ut pars, quae non consenserat, privatim et secreto consensum praestet.

§3. Si defectus consensus probari potest, necesse est ut consensus forma canonica praestetur.
Canon 1160. For a marriage which is invalid because of defect of form to become valid, it must be contracted anew in the canonical form, without prejudice to the provisions of can. 1127 §3[4].

Matrimonium nullum ob defectum formae, ut validum fiat, contrahi denuo debet forma canonica, salvo praescripto can. 1127, §2.
The Sanctifying Function of the Church » The Sacraments » Marriage » The convalidation of marriage » Radical sanation
Canon 1161. §1 The retroactive validation of an invalid marriage is its validation without the renewal of consent, granted by the competent authority. It involves a dispensation from an impediment if there is one and from the canonical form if it had not been observed, as well as a referral back to the past of the canonical effects.

§2 The validation takes place from the moment the favour is granted; the referral back, however, is understood to have been made to the moment the marriage was celebrated, unless it is otherwise expressly provided.

§3 A retroactive validation is not to be granted unless it is probable that the parties intend to persevere in conjugal life.

§1. Matrimonii irriti sanatio in radice est eiusdem, sine renovatione consensus, convalidatio, a competenti auctoritate concessa, secumferens dispensationem ab impedimento, si adsit, atque a forma canonica, si servata non fuerit, necnon retrotractionem effectuum canonicorum ad praeteritum.

§2. Convalidatio fit a momento concessionis gratiae; retrotractio vero intellegitur facta ad momentum celebrationis matrimonii, nisi aliud expresse caveatur.

§3. Sanatio in radice ne concedatur, nisi probabile sit partes in vita coniugali perseverare velle.
Canon 1162. §1 If consent is lacking in either or both of the parties, a marriage cannot be rectified by a retroactive validation, whether consent was absent from the beginning or, though given at the beginning, was subsequently revoked.

§2 If the consent was indeed absent from the beginning but was subsequently given, a retroactive validation can be granted from the moment the consent was given.

§1. Si in utraque vel alterutra parte deficiat consensus, matrimonium nequit sanari in radice, sive consensus ab initio defuerit, sive ab initio praestitus, postea fuerit revocatus.

§2. Quod si consensus ab initio quidem defuerat, sed postea praestitus est, sanatio concedi potest a momento praestiti consensus.
Canon 1163. §1 A marriage which is invalid because of an impediment or because of defect of the legal form, can be validated retroactively, provided the consent of both parties persists.

§2 A marriage which is invalid because of an impediment of the natural law or of the divine positive law, can be validated retroactively only after the impediment has ceased.

§1. Matrimonium irritum ob impedimentum vel ob defectum legitimae formae sanari potest, dummodo consensus utriusque partis perseveret.

§2. Matrimonium irritum ob impedimentum iuris naturalis aut divini positivi sanari potest solummodo postquam impedimentum cessavit.
Canon 1164. A retroactive validation may validly be granted even if one or both of the parties is unaware of it; it is not, however, to be granted except for a grave reason.

Sanatio valide concedi potest etiam alterutra vel utraque parte inscia; ne autem concedatur nisi ob gravem causam.
Canon 1165. §1 Retroactive validation can be granted by the Apostolic See.

§2 It can be granted by the diocesan Bishop in individual cases, even if a number of reasons for nullity occur together in the same marriage, assuming that for a retroactive validation of a mixed marriage the conditions of can. 1125 will have been fulfilled. It cannot, however, be granted by him if there is an impediment whose dispensation is reserved to the Apostolic See in accordance with can. 1078 §2, or if there is question of an impediment of the natural law or of the divine positive law which has now ceased.

§1. Sanatio in radice concedi potest ab Apostolica Sede.

§2. Concedi potest ab Episcopo dioecesano in singulis casibus, etiam si plures nullitatis rationes in eodem matrimonio concurrant, impletis condicionibus, de quibus in can. 1125, pro sanatione matrimonii mixti; concedi autem ab eodem nequit, si adsit impedimentum cuius dispensatio Sedi Apostolicae reservatur ad normam can. 1078, §2, aut agatur de impedimento iuris naturalis aut divini positivi quod iam cessavit.

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