Normally it would have ceased to have effect with the entry into force of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, which replaced the 1917 Code on which the 1962 document was based, but it continued in use, with some necessary adaptations, while a review of it was carried out.
Normalno je trebao biti dokinut stupanjem na snagu Zakonika kanonskog prava iz 1983. koji je zamijenio Zakonik iz 1917. godine na kojem se temeljio dokument iz 1962. godine, no nastavio se rabiti uz neke nužne izmjene i dopune, dok se izmijenjeni oblik nastavio provoditi.