TITLE X:
PRESCRIPTION (Cann. 197 - 199)
Can.
197 Prescription, as a means of acquiring or of losing a subjective right, or
as a means of freeing oneself from obligations, is, apart from the exceptions
prescribed in the canons of this Code, accepted by the Church in the manner in
which it is adopted in the civil legislation of each country.
Can.
198 No prescription is valid unless it is based on good faith, not only in its
beginning, but throughout the whole time required for the prescription, without
prejudice to can. 1362.
Can.
199 The following are not affected by prescription:
1° rights
and obligations which are of divine law, whether natural or positive;
2° rights
which can be obtained only by apostolic privilege;
3° rights
and obligations which bear directly on the spiritual life of Christ's faithful;
4° the
certain and undisputed boundaries of ecclesiastical territories;
5° Mass
offerings and obligations;
6° the
provision of an ecclesiastical office which, in accordance with the law,
requires the exercise of a sacred order;
7° the
right of visitation and the obligation of obedience, so that Christ's faithful
could not be visited by an ecclesiastical authority and would no longer be
subject to any authority.
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