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Can. 308

Sine rectoris ecclesiae vel auctoritatis superioris licentia saltem praesumpta nemini licet in ecclesia Divinam Liturgiam vel laudes divinas celebrare, sacramenta ministrare aliasve functiones sacras peragere; haec vero licentia dari vel denegari debet ad normam iuris.

Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.

Read the whole title TITULUS VIIDe Eparchiis et de Episcopis 177–310