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General Norms » Ecclesiastical Offices » Provision of Ecclesiastical Office » Election
Canon 172. §1 For a vote to be valid, it must be:
1° free; a vote is therefore invalid if, through grave fear or deceit, someone was directly or indirectly made to choose a certain person or several persons separately;
2° secret, certain, absolute and determinate.
§2 Conditions attached to a vote before an election are to be considered non-existent.
§1. Suffragium, ut validum sit, esse debet:
1° liberum; ideoque invalidum est suffragium eius, qui metu gravi aut dolo, directe vel indirecte, adactus fuerit ad eligendam certam personam aut diversas personas disiunctive;
2° secretum, certum, absolutum, determinatum.
§2. Condiciones ante electionem suffragio appositae tamquam non adiectae habeantur.
Previous Next1° free; a vote is therefore invalid if, through grave fear or deceit, someone was directly or indirectly made to choose a certain person or several persons separately;
2° secret, certain, absolute and determinate.
§2 Conditions attached to a vote before an election are to be considered non-existent.
§1. Suffragium, ut validum sit, esse debet:
1° liberum; ideoque invalidum est suffragium eius, qui metu gravi aut dolo, directe vel indirecte, adactus fuerit ad eligendam certam personam aut diversas personas disiunctive;
2° secretum, certum, absolutum, determinatum.
§2. Condiciones ante electionem suffragio appositae tamquam non adiectae habeantur.
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