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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.

Poenae eatenus constituantur, quatenus vere necessariae sint ad aptius providendum ecclesiasticae disciplinae. A legislatore autem inferiore dimissio e statu clericali constitui nequit.
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