Canon 1342

Can. 1342 §1. Whenever just causes preclude a judicial process from taking place, a penalty can be imposed or declared by extrajudicial decree, observing can. 1720, especially in what pertains to the right of defense and to moral certitude in the mind of the one who issues the decree according to the norm of can. 1608. Penal remedies and penances can be applied by decree in any case.

Can. 1342 §2. Perpetual penalties cannot be imposed or declared by decree, nor can penalties that the law or precept establishing them prohibits to be applied by decree.

Can. 1342 §3. What a law or precept states about a judge in regard to the imposition or declaration of a penalty in a trial is to be applied to a superior who imposes or declares a penalty by extrajudicial decree unless it is otherwise evident and it does not concern prescripts that pertain only to the manner of proceeding.