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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2010
Section I. Prerogatives of the Pontiff and of the Holy See.
The person of the Supreme Pontiff is sacred and inviolable
Any attempt against the person of the Supreme Pontiff, or any provocation to commit the same, shall be punished with the same penalties as are established by law for a similar attempt or provocation against the person of the King…
The Italian Government shall render to the Supreme Pontiff in the territories of the Kingdom, the honours which are due to royal rank, and shall maintain the privileges of honour which are paid to him by Catholic Sovereigns…
The annual donation of 3,225,000 lire in favour of the Holy See is maintained…for the diverse ecclesiastical wants of the Holy See, for ordinary and extraordinary repairs to and for the custody of the apostolic palaces and their dependencies; for all allowances, gratuities and pensions to the guards… and to all persons attached to the Pontifical Court, and for eventual expenditure; as well as for the ordinary repairs and custody of the museums and library thereto annexed, and for allowances, stipends, and pensions to persons employed for that purpose…
The Supreme Pontiff shall…have free enjoyment of the apostolic palaces of the Vatican and the Lateran… as also of the villa of Castel Gandolfo…
During the vacancy of the Pontifical See, no judicial or political authority shall… offer any impediment or limitation to the personal liberty of the Cardinals. The Government shall take proper measures in order that the assemblies of the Conclave and the Oecumenical Councils be not disturbed by any external violence…
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