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<p>The code <a href="page.php?w=entered_into_force">entered into force</a> in 1991.</p>

<p>The western <a href="page.php?w=Latin_Church">Latin Church</a> is governed by its own particular code, the <a href="page.php?w=1983_Code_of_Canon_Law">1983 ''Code of Canon Law''</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>The 23 <a href="page.php?w=sui_iuris">sui iuris</a> Churches which collectively make up the <a href="page.php?w=Eastern_Catholic_Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> had been invited by the <a href="page.php?w=Holy_See">Holy See</a> to <a href="page.php?w=Codification_%28law%29">codify</a></p><p>
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