Can. 1044

§1. The following are irregular for the exercise of orders received:

1/ a person who has received orders illegitimately while aVected by an irregularity to receive them;

2/ a person who has committed a delict mentioned in can. 1041, n. 2, if the delict is public;

3/ a person who has committed a delict mentioned in can. 1041, nn. 3, 4, 5, 6.

§2. The following are impeded from the exercise of orders:

1/ a person who has received orders illegitimately while prevented by an impediment from receiving them;

2/ a person who is aVected by amentia or some other psychic illness mentioned in can. 1041, n. 1 until the ordinary, after consulting an expert, permits the exercise of the order.