Can. 98
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Patriarcha de consensu Synodi Episcoporum Ecclesiae patriarchalis et praevio assensu Romani Pontificis conventiones iuri a Sede Apostolica statuto non contrarias cum auctoritate civili inire potest; easdem autem conventiones Patriarcha ad effectum ducere non potest nisi obtenta Romani Pontificis approbatione.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.
Read the whole title TITULUS IVDe Ecclesiis Patriarchalibus 55–150