Canon 1542

Not subject to prescription are: (1) rights and obligations

which are of the divine law; (2) rights which can be acquired

only from an apostolic privilege; (3) rights and obligations

which directly affect the spiritual life of the Christian faithful; (4) the certain and unchallenged boundaries of ecclesiastical territories; (5) obligations and commitments concerning

the celebration of the Divine Liturgy; (6) the provision of an

ecclesiastical office which requires the exercise of a sacred

order, according to the norm of law; (7) the right of visitation

and the obligation of obedience if it should result that the

Christian faithful can be visited by no ecclesiastical authority

and are no longer subject to any ecclesiastical authority.