Canon 888

1. It is not permitted to sell sacred relics. 2. Significant

relics, icons or images, which are honored in a certain church

with great veneration by the people, cannot in any manner be validly alienated nor perpetually transferred to another church

without the consent given by the Apostolic See or by the patriarch, with the consent of the permanent synod, with due regard

for can. 1037. 3. Concerning the restoration of these icons or

images, can. 887, 2 is to be observed.