§ 1. Provided it is not reserved to the Apostolic See, a penalty established by law which is ferendae sententiae and has been imposed, or which is latae sententiae and has been declared, can be remitted by the following:
- 1°
the Ordinary who initiated the judicial proceedings to impose or declare the penalty, or who by a decree, either personally or through another, imposed or declared it;
- 2°
the Ordinary of the place where the offender actually is, after consulting the Ordinary mentioned in n. 1, unless because of extraordinary circumstances this is impossible.
§ 2. Provided it is not reserved to the Apostolic See, a penalty established by law which is latae sententiae and has not yet been declared can be remitted by the following:
- 1°
the Ordinary in respect of his subjects;
- 2°
the Ordinary of the place also in respect of those actually in his territory or of those who committed the offence in his territory;
- 3°
any Bishop, but only in the course of sacramental confession.
Source: Code of Canon Law (Vatican.va)