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1. In every provincial chapter, two diffinitors general and two socii must be elected. Those elected in the first place shall be considered elected for the first chapter in which diffinitors will take part whether it is an elective chapter or a chapter of diffinitors only; those elected in the second place shall be considered elected for the second such chapter unless, before they exercise their office, another provincial chapter intervenes.
2. Three different brothers must be elected as socii of the diffinitors and socius of the prior provincial.