Canon 1067

1. A tribunal of first instance for several eparchies of the

same Church sui iuris may be erected by the patriarch with the

consent of the eparchial bishops concerned, if it is a case of

eparchies situated within the territorial boundaries of the patriarchal Church; in other cases, it may be erected by the eparchial bishops who have consented to this and with the approval of

the Apostolic See. 2. This tribunal should be established if

each of the eparchial bishops is unable for various reasons to

establish his own tribunal; within the territorial boundaries of

the patriarchal Church, if such is the case, this tribunal is to

be established by the synod of bishops of the patriarchal Church.

3. In eparchies for which such a tribunal has been established,

a collegiate eparchial tribunal cannot be established validly.

4. The group of eparchial bishops who consented to having such

a tribunal, or an eparchial bishop elected by them, has all the

powers which an eparchial bishop has over his own tribunal; if,

however, the tribunal was established by the synod of bishops of

the patriarchal Church or by the Apostolic See, the norms determined by the synod or by the Apostolic See are to be observed.

5. Within the territorial boundaries of the patriarchal Church,

an appeal from this tribunal is made to the ordinary tribunal of

the patriarchal Church; however, in other cases, it is made to

the tribunal designated in a stable manner by the group of

bishops mentioned in 4, with the approval of the Apostolic See,

or to the tribunal designated by the Apostolic See.