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Can. 490 — Tolle Lege

Canon Law

Can. 490

Code of Canon Law

§1. Only the bishop is to have the key to the secret archive.

§2. When a see is vacant, the secret archive or safe is not to be opened except in a case of true necessity by the diocesan administrator himself.

§3. Documents are not to be removed from the secret archive or safe.

Read in full at Vatican.va

Source: Code of Canon Law (Vatican.va)