Canon 1357

Can. 1357 §1. Without prejudice to the prescripts of cann. 508 and 976, a confessor can remit in the sacramental internal forum an undeclared latae sententiae censure of excommunication or interdict if it is burdensome for the penitent to remain in the state of grave sin during the time necessary for the competent superior to make provision.

Can. 1357 §2. In granting the remission, the confessor is to impose on the penitent, under the penalty of reincidence, the obligation of making recourse within a month to the competent superior or to a priest endowed with the faculty and the obligation of obeying his mandates; in the meantime he is to impose an appropriate penance and, insofar as it is demanded, reparation of any scandal and harm; however, recourse can also be made through the confessor, without mention of the name.

Can. 1357 §3. After the danger has ceased, those for whom an imposed or declared censure or one reserved to the Apostolic See has been remitted according to the norm of can. 976 are bound by the same duty to make recourse.