Can. 945
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Qui, alium neglegentem vel impeditum supplens, officium confert, nullam inde potestatem acquirit in personam, cui collatum est, sed huius condicio iuridica eadem est, ac si provisio canonica ad ordinariam normam iuris facta esset.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.