Penal Law

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Penal Law is the section of the 1917 Code of Canon Law that systematically sets out the Church’s norms on crimes and ecclesiastical penalties.

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Penal Law (1917 Code of Canon Law) 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canon law norm
section of a legal code
appliesTo Catholic Church NERFINISHED
basedOn Catholic doctrine
Roman legal tradition
bindingOn Latin-rite Catholics subject to the 1917 Code
codificationEra Pio-Benedictine Code era NERFINISHED
defines canonical crimes
causes diminishing penalties
causes excusing from penalties
causes increasing penalties
conditions for imputability
effectiveDate 1918-05-19
goal correction of the offender
protection of the common good of the Church
reparation of scandal
hasCanonicalSource Acta Apostolicae Sedis 9 (1917) NERFINISHED
hasSubject ecclesiastical crimes
ecclesiastical penalties
penal procedure in canon law
influenced subsequent canonical penal legislation
inForceUntil 1983 Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Latin Church NERFINISHED
language Latin
legalForm codified law
legalNature internal law of the Catholic Church
legalSystem canon law NERFINISHED
partOf 1917 Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
promulgatedBy Pope Benedict XV NERFINISHED
promulgationDate 1917-05-27
providesFor competence of ecclesiastical judges in penal cases
extrajudicial penal process
judicial penal process
prescription of criminal action
prescription of penalties
regulates excommunication
expiatory penalties
imposition of censures
interdict
penal remedies
suspension (canonical penalty)
supersededBy Book VI of the 1983 Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
systematicallySetsOut norms on crimes in the Church
norms on ecclesiastical penalties
norms on remission of penalties
norms on the application of penalties

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CIC 1917 book5Title Penal Law