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   1. A filial house dependent on a convent may be established by a provincial chapter;
   2. the superior of the house shall appoint a vicar, who in all matters should act according to the directives given him by the superior.
2. Norms for the appointment of a vicar, for sending brothers to a filial house, and for their rights and obligations in relation to the convent shall be determined by the provincial chapter.
3. The brothers living in a filial house, although assigned to the convent, shall not be reckoned in the number of brothers required for a convent properly speaking.

The prior shall appoint a sacristan, a librarian, a conventual reader, and other officials whom he shall judge useful.

For each official, a provincial chapter shall determine the conditions, length of service, duties, and other relevant matters.

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. The syndic shall always be called to take part in council deliberations without, however, having a vote unless he is already a member of the council. 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.
4. Other 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. A general chapter or the Master of the Order may freely assign brothers to any province or convent, but the provincial chapter or a prior provincial may make assignations within their own province.
2. A brother who has been simply assigned to a province by the master of the Order or by the general chapter needs, in addition, an assignment to a specific convent.
3. Direct or indirect assignations must be made in writing (see Appendix, n. 12)

1. Assignation is the appointment of a brother to a province or to a specific convent with all rights and obligations unless it is clearly stated otherwise.
2. Assignation is either direct (simply made), or indirect by reason of office or of studies.
3. Assignation outside one’s own province for the purpose of study does not entitle one to a vote in elections.
4. Assignation by reason of office applies only to superiors; that made by reason of study applies only to students outside their province.
5. Every brother needs a direct assignation to a specific convent from the time of first profession, which assignation of itself has no time limit. An indirect assignation lasts only for as long as the office.

1. If, for a period of three years, a province does not have three convents or thirty-five voters assigned in that province and habitually living there, the Master of the Order, having consulted his council, shall declare that it no longer enjoys the right to take part in general chapters as a province and shall reduce it to a vice-province in accordance with n. 257, unless a general chapter has already been convoked.
2. When a province which had been reduced to a viceprovince as provided for in § I, shall once again, for a period of three years, have the necessary conditions, the Master of the Order must declare that it enjoys all its rights as a province.
3. In regions where, because of adverse circumstances, a provincial chapter cannot be held, the Master of the Order, with the consent of his council, may provide for its equitable representation at the general chapter.

1. A special examination must precede the exercise the office of confessor. The manner in which this examination is to be conducted is laid down in the Ratio Studiorum Generalis.
2. Brothers must take this examination within six months of completing their basic theological studies, or within six months of ordination to the priesthood if this is postponed for any reason.
3. Before this examination, a vote is to be taken on the moral behaviour of the candidate as mentioned in n. 318, 4 This is required for validity.

Only those brothers may be promoted to orders who:

1. are solemnly professed; 
2. have the necessary qualities;
3. are presented by their own major superior;
4. are approved by the conventual council whose responsibility it is to ensure that they have the requirements for ordination.

In a spirit of true dialogue, the brothers should establish conversations with followers of non-Christian religions and with non-believers. It is essential to bear in mind that special training is clearly needed to cope with the problems which are encountered in this kind of apostolate.

1. Permission for a long journey should ordinarily be in writing and should state the term, reason, and time; the brother priest should also have a letter of recommendation from his superior.
2. The local superior can grant permission to travel within the terms designated by the prior provincial.