Canon 1356

Can. 1356 §1. The following can remit a ferendae sententiae or latae sententiae penalty established by a precept not issued by the Apostolic See: 1° the author of the precept; 2° the ordinary who initiated the trial to impose or declare the penalty or who personally or through another imposed or declared it by decree; 3° the ordinary of the place where the offender is present.

Can. 1356 §2. The author of the precept, or the one who imposed or declared the penalty, must be consulted before remission is made unless this is impossible because of extraordinary circumstances.