Confirmation or Cassation of the Election

After the letter of confirmation or appointment has been received, the procedure follows that laid down in nn. 469-471.

If an election is cassated or refused, a new election shall be held before the end of the chapter; or, if the election was held in a simple elective assembly, within a month after the notification of cassation or acceptance of a refusal.

1. The right of appointing a prior provincial devolves upon the Master of the Order:
   1. when the electors on the day designated for the election neither elect nor postulate but hold seven inconclusive ballots; 
   2. when, for any reason whatsoever, a province has been without a legitimate prior provincial for six months.
2. After the third time an election is confirmed but not accepted, the Master of the Order may appoint a prior provincial, and after a fourth time he must.