Major superiors may not propose a candidate to the electors except in case of necessity. Then they shall propose at least three, though the electors may elect someone else.

The following lack active voice:

1. anyone who is exclaustrated, for the duration of the indult and for a year from the date of his return;
2. anyone who has requested exclaustration or secularisation, from the moment that his request is sent by the prior provincial to the Master of the Order;
3. anyone who has permission from his major superior to live outside a convent of the Order (CCL 665, § 1) unless this permission was granted for the sake of his health, by reason of study, or to carry out an apostolate in the name of the Order;
4. anyone who has left the Order illegitimately, for five years from the date of his return, unless the prior provincial with his council, having examined the circumstances, shall have extended or even shortened the time, provided that the returning member remains without voting rights for at least three years from the date of his return;
5. anyone who has been legitimately deprived of active voice.

In all institutions immediately subject to the jurisdiction of the Master of the Order, the presiding officials are appointed for a six-year term by the Master of the Order after he has consulted the members of the institutions and the assistants concerned; they may be reappointed to the same offices.

1. In the general curia immediately after the Master of the Order come:
   1. the assistants of the Master of the Order, and among themselves according to the order of profession;
   2. the procurator general of the Order; 
   3. the other brothers belonging to the curia, and among themselves according to the order of profession.
2. In general chapters, however, the assistants, according to their own seniority, come immediately after the priors provincial.
3. No brother shall be assigned to the general curia except those who belong to it according to the constitutions.

1. It is the duty of the promoter general for nuns:
   1. to assist the Master of the Order and the procurator general in matters concerning the nuns;
   2. to collect information concerning them or for them and to communicate it to them and the different provinces.
2. It also belongs to him to take care of the aggregated or aggregating secular institutions of the Order.

1. The archivist has charge of the general archives, where documents pertaining to the history of the Order are preserved, according to the norms given above for provincial archives (nn. 381-383) with appropriate modifications.
2. No one shall be admitted into the archives of the Order except with the special permission of the archivist; moreover, nothing shall be communicated to outsiders who wish to inspect documents of a more recent period except with the permission of the Master of the Order.

1. The bursar of the Order has charge of all possessions in accordance with the norms established for administration.
2. He shall always be called to participate in the deliberations of the general council without, however, having a vote unless he is already a member of the council.

The secretary general of the Order:

1. is in charge of the general secretariat;
2. carries out the duties of secretary of the general council but without having a vote;
3. is distinct from the secretary general appointed for a general chapter.

The postulator general for causes of beatification and canonization:

1. discharges his office in accordance with the norms es­tablished by the Holy See and the statute approved by the Master of the Order;
2. at least once a year renders an account in writing to the Master General on the financial status, in which monies received, expenses, and a balance of credits and debits is described;
3. presents reports to each general chapter on the state of each cause.

Every brother who has business with the Holy See, whether for himself or for his house convent or province, shall conduct it through the mediation of the procurator of the Order whose duty it is to provide this service, without prejudice to the right everyone has to manifest his desires to the Roman Pontiff with full liberty (see Lumen Gentium, n. 37), and without prejudice to nn. 426, 3; 427, 5; and 434,1.