Canon 257

1. The archive of the eparchial curia is to be locked and the

key kept by the eparchial bishop and the chancellor; no one is

permitted to enter it without the permission of the eparchial

bishop alone or the protosyncellus along with the chancellor.

2. It is a right of interested parties to obtain personally or

through their proxy an authentic copy of documents which are

public by their nature and which pertain to the status of such

persons.