The vocals of the provincial chapter are:

1.  
   1. regional priors;
   2. vicars provincial elected in accordance with n. 389;
   3. conventual priors;
   4. socii of priors going to the chapter, in accordance with n. 490;
   5. delegates of the brothers, in accordance with nn. 497-501;
   6. a prior provincial who immediately before the chapter completed his term of office in that province.
2. If the vocals of the provincial chapter, elected in accordance with the constitutions, are fewer than twenty, the statute of the province may make provision for extra voters. It is obliged to do this if there are fewer than ten vocals. These, of whom there may not be more than three, are to be constituted such by election and not by personal entitlement.
3. If determined in the statute of the province, a non-priorial house can send one delegate to the provincial chapter, in the manner of a convent, when that house is erected in a foreign nation where no Dominican presence none of the same province exists.

1. When a prior provincial ceases to hold office in accordance with n. 344, § I, the vicar of the province, as laid down in the statute of the province, will be: either the prior of the convent where the next provincial chapter is to be held or, if that convent does not have a prior at that time, the prior of the convent where the last chapter was held and so on, retrospectively; or the prior provincial himself who has left office. (Bo, n. 300)
2. When a prior provincial leaves office for any other reason, the vicar of the province will be the socius of that prior provincial up to the day immediately before the vigil of the provincial chapter, from which day the vicar will be the conventual prior where the next provincial chapter is to be held, or if that convent does not have a prior at that time, the prior of the convent where the last chapter was held and so on, retrospectively. The latter ruling should be observed even if there is no socius.
3. When a prior provincial is prevented from exercising jurisdiction, the Master of the Order must be approached. If this is not possible, the socius of the prior provincial becomes the vicar of the province, as set out above in § II.

1. A conventual lector is elected for three years by the conventual chapter and is confirmed by the prior provincial.
2. It is the duty of a conventual lector, in accordance with the directives of the provincial chapter:
   1. to encourage the study of questions connected with the programme of apostolic work on which the conventual chapter has decided (n. 307);
   2. to ensure that in his convent the decisions made by the commission on the intellectual life of the province and confirmed by the prior provincial are carried out;
   3. to organise discussion of contemporary questions;
   4. to help the prior in fostering the ongoing formation of the community.

1. Except in cases expressly indicated in the law, the votes of the council are decisive and not merely consultative.
2. For the council's decisions to be valid, the number of councillors must reach at least three, counting the chairman of the council.
3. Officials of the convent shall be called to the council to be heard when the matters pertaining to their duties are to be dealt with.

1. The chapter shall be held several times a year, and only the president has the right to convene it.
2. The convening of the chapter must always be done publicly and in writing.
3. Before the chapter, capitulars may propose to the president matters to be discussed; if one-third of the chapter proposes some matter, the president is obliged to present it for discussion. During the chapter, no business may be proposed unless the president permits or invites it.
4. To avoid having to make an unexpected decision at a chapter, the voters should be informed about all matters for discussion, together and individually, at least one or two days before the chapter meets, provided there is no danger in delay.
5. When there is a question of admission to profession, at least half must always be present.
6. The president has power to determine what must be kept secret.

Solemnly professed brothers assigned to a convent from another province for reasons of study only have a voice in the chapter when it is a question of admission to profession of brothers from their own province; They may be consulted, however, before the vote of the chapter and council when there is question of professing students who are living there with them but belong to other provinces.

1. A negative vote of both the chapter and the council is decisive when the brother has resided in the convent of his own province during that year; if the case concerns a cleric, the scholastic year can be counted for such a year. When the brother has resided outside the province, a decisive vote of the council of the province of affiliation is necessary.
2. When a brother has spent the aforesaid year outside his own province, the vote of its chapter and council are consultative only. However, in that case a vote of the council of the province of affiliation is always required. If it is favourable, the prior provincial may admit the brother to profession but not if it is contrary. In the case in which the votes of the chapter and the council do not agree, the matter is to be referred for decision to the proper provincial.
3. If a brother has not yet lived for a year in the convent of his actual assignation and is due to make solemn profession, the convent in which he spent the immediately preceding year takes a vote of the chapter and council according to n. 206, 2,  but the convent where he is actually living must first take a vote for the sake of information.

1. Where appropriate, aspirants should be prepared for some time before being admitted to the novitiate.
2. The duration, form and place of this preparation shall be decided by the provincial chapter, or the prior provincial with his council.
3. For this purpose, the province may establish a time of pre-novitiate as the first step on the journey towards the religious life. The aim of this is to prepare the aspirant for the novitiate especially through catechetical instruction, and provide an experience of living community life. It also gives the Order an opportunity to discern the aspirant’s suitability for Dominican life.

1. To publish books and articles, the brothers need the permission of their major superior, in addition to the requirements of common law.
2. If the major superior has doubts regarding matters of faith or morals, he shall appoint a commission of three experts to study the work.
3. If he refuses permission, he must tell the author the reasons for refusing.
4. An author who has been refused permission by a major superior can appeal to the Master of the Order. The Master shall set up a commission to examine the text. The judgement of the Master of the Order shall be definitive.

The right order of society, which the task of preaching urges us to promote, should be considered as a requirement for the spread of the kingdom of heaven, which, begun by the Incarnation of the Word of God, must be fulfilled in the universal community of men.