Title V. Delicts Against Special Obligations(Cann. 1392 - 1396)

Can.1392 Clerics or religious who exercise a trade or business contrary to the prescripts of the canons are to be

punished according to the gravity of the delict.

Can.1393 A person who violates obligations imposed by a penalty can be punished with a just penalty.

Can.1394 §1. Without prejudice to the prescript of can. 194, §1, n. 3, a cleric who attempts marriage, even if

only civilly, incurs a latae sententiae suspension. If he does not repent after being warned and continues to give

scandal, he can be punished gradually by privations or even by dismissal from the clerical state.

§2. A perpetually professed religious who is not a cleric and who attempts marriage, even if only civilly,

incurs a latae sententiae interdict, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 694.

Can.1395 §1. A cleric who lives in concubinage, other than the case mentioned in can. 1394, and a cleric who

persists with scandal in another external sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is to be punished

by a suspension. If he persists in the delict after a warning, other penalties can gradually be added, including

dismissal from the clerical state.

§2. A cleric who in another way has committed an offense against the sixth commandment of the

Decalogue, if the delict was committed by force or threats or publicly or with a minor below the age of sixteen

years, is to be punished with just penalties, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state if the case so warrants.

Can.1396 A person who gravely violates the obligation of residence which binds by reason of ecclesiastical office

is to be punished by a just penalty, not excluding, after a warning, even privation from office.