Can. 1356

§ 1. A ferendae or a latae sententiae penalty established in a precept not issued by the Apostolic See, can be remitted by the following: 1° the author of the precept; 2° 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; 3° the Ordinary of the place where the offender actually is. § 2. Before the remission is granted, the author of the precept, or the one who imposed or declared the penalty, is to be consulted, unless because of extraordinary circumstances this is impossible.