Can. 1496
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Leges, etiam irritantes aut inhabilitantes, in dubio iuris non urgent; in dubio facti autem ab eis dispensare possunt Hierarchae, dummodo dispensatio, si est reservata, concedi soleat ab auctoritate, cui reservatur.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.
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