Inchoata cum ordinatione ACG 1980 Walberberg n. 260

The following assemble and have votes in a general elective chapter: 

1. In the election of a Master of the Order:
   1. ex-Masters of the Order;
   2. all priors provincial, without prejudice to n. 258;
   3. two brothers from each province, namely the diffinitor of the general chap­ter, without prejudice to n. 258 and the associate of the diffinitor himself; and three brothers from provinces having at least four hundred professed religious, namely the diffinitor, the associate of the diffinitor and the provincial associate.;
   4. vice-provincials and vicars general;
   5. a socius of the diffinitor of a general chapter from each province which has at least one hundred professed religious, excluding, however, those who are assigned in vicariates;
   6. a socius of the prior provincial attending a general chapter from each province which has at least four hundred professed religious, excluding, however, those who are assigned in vicariates;
   7. a delegate from each province which has between ten and one hundred brothers assigned in vicariates or houses of the province outside the boundaries of the province, the del­egate shall be elected from among the brothers and by them according to the provincial statute; furthermore, from each province which has between 101 and 200 brothers assigned in vicariates, another delegate shall be elected for any number of hundreds.
2. In matters to be dealt with after the election of the Master:
   1. the newly elected Master of the Order;
   2. ex-Masters of the Order;
   3. each Prior Provincial, without prejudice to n. 258;
   4. diffinitors of the General Chapters, without prejudice to n. 258;
   5. Vice-provincials and Vicars General;
3. The socii of the prior provincials and diffinitors, and the delegates of the brothers from the vicariates who have elected them, have the right to speak but not to decide in matters to be decided.