We, relying upon Divine assistance and devoting Our attention to the proper administration of the government confided to Us by Our Lord God, do hereby decree that no order, issued with reference to public matters, to a duke, the Augustal Prefect, or to the Governors of provinces, shall be valid, if it has not previously been communicated to the tribunal of Your Excellency; and all such orders as are not recorded shall have no force whatever. For it would be absurd for any Imperial decree to be despatched to the provinces and executed, without having previously been presented to Your Excellency.

  Therefore, if an order has been issued to the detriment of the Empire, We order that it shall be void, and any pragmatic sanctions having reference to public matters (as We have just stated) addressed to the Augustal Prefect, to the duke, or to the Governors of provinces, shall, by all means, be communicated to Your Tribunal and despatched into the provinces, along with the orders issued by yourself. Thus, Imperial decrees which are not detrimental to the public interest shall be received and, accompanied by instructions sent by Your Excellency into the different provinces, be executed there. But where any orders prejudicial to the government have been obtained by artifice, and presented to Your Excellency, they shall not be executed without notice previously given to Us, in order that We may correct them. Hence, We desire that any pragmatic sanctions whatsoever, having reference to public affairs, and which have not been communicated to Your Excellency, shall, at no time, be considered valid.