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Can. 4

Canones Codicis initas aut approbatas a Sancta Sede conventiones cum nationibus aliisve societatibus politicis non abrogant neque eis derogant; eaedem idcirco perinde ac in praesens vigere pergent contrariis Codicis praescriptis minime obstantibus.

Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.

Read the whole title Canones Praeliminares 1–6