Book VI: Sanctions in the Church

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Book VI: Sanctions in the Church is the section of the 1983 Code of Canon Law that systematically sets out the Catholic Church’s penal law, including crimes and corresponding ecclesiastical penalties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal text
part of canon law
section of the 1983 Code of Canon Law
aimsTo protect the community of the Church
reform the offender
restore justice
appliesPrinciple favor rei in penal matters
no penalty without law
appliesTo Latin Church NERFINISHED
belongsTo Latin Code of Canon Law tradition NERFINISHED
contains definitions of canonical crimes
general norms on penal law
norms on censures
norms on expiatory penalties
norms on penal remedies
norms on penances
distinguishes censures and expiatory penalties
effectiveDate 1983-11-27
governs penal responsibility of juridic persons
penal responsibility of physical persons
hasAlternativeName Liber VI: De sanctionibus in Ecclesia NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalRange canons 1311–1399 (pre-2021 numbering)
hasRevisedCanonicalRange canons 1311–1399 (post-2021 revised text)
hasTitle Book VI: Sanctions in the Church NERFINISHED
jurisdiction internal law of the Catholic Church
languageOfPromulgation Latin
legalStatus binding for Catholics subject to the 1983 Code of Canon Law
legalSystem canon law of the Catholic Church
partOf 1983 Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
promulgatedBy Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED
promulgationDate 1983-01-25
promulgationInstrument apostolic constitution Sacrae Disciplinae Leges NERFINISHED
providesFor ferendae sententiae penalties
latae sententiae penalties
regulates cessation of penalties in the Church
imposition of penalties in the Church
penal procedures in canon law
remission of penalties in the Church
revisedBy Pope Francis NERFINISHED
revisedTextEffectiveDate 2021-12-08
revisionDate 2021-05-23
revisionInstrument apostolic constitution Pascite Gregem Dei NERFINISHED
specifies competence of ecclesiastical authorities in penal cases
subjectMatter ecclesiastical crimes
ecclesiastical penalties
penal law in the Catholic Church
updatedSubjectMatter offences against human life and dignity
offences against the sacraments
offences in the exercise of office
sexual offences and abuse of minors

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Code of Canon Law (1983) hasBook Book VI: Sanctions in the Church