Canon 80

Can. 80 §1. No privilege ceases through renunciation unless the competent authority has accepted the renunciation.

Can. 80 §2. Any physical person can renounce a privilege granted only in that person's favor.

Can. 80 §3. Individual persons cannot renounce a privilege granted to some juridic person or granted in consideration of the dignity of a place or of a thing, nor is a juridic person free to renounce a privilege granted to it if the renunciation brings disadvantage to the Church or to others.