Promulgation, Duration, Interpretation, Dispensation of our Laws

1. Constitutions and ordinations of general chapters are promulgated by publication in the acts of general chapters or in another manner determined by the chapter itself; unless otherwise expressly stated, they begin to have force two months after promulgation, counting from the date on which the letter is signed by which the Master of the Order presents the acts of the chapter to the brethren.
2. Ordinations of the Master of the Order are promulgated and begin to have force in the manner determined by him.

1. Ordinations which have remained in force through five successive chapters and in the sixth have been approved, shall be inserted in the Book of Constitutions and Ordinations.
2. Ordinations in the Book of Constitutions and Ordinations can be revoked by a general chapter until the next chapter; if, however, the second chapter confirms the previous one, they are definitively abrogated (see Appendix n. 2).

1. Ordinations in the statute of a province remain in force until they are revoked by a provincial chapter, without prejudice to n. 279, § III.
2. Other ordinations of a provincial chapter remain in force until the date when the acts of the following provincial chapter take effect.

The ordinations of superiors and of those who take their place cease when they leave office, without prejudice to n. 284.

Ordinations made in canonical visitations remain in effect until the next visitation by a similar authority.

Dispensations, nominations, and similar measures issued in any way whatever by a general chapter or by the Master of the Order without a time limit remain in force until they have been revoked by a similar authority. If they are issued in any way whatever by lesser chapters or superiors, they remain in force until the promulgation of the acts of the following chapter or until their successors take office, unless the contrary is expressly stated in our legislation.