Ordinarily, deputation is not made for longer than six months. By way of exception, however, especially because of teaching, it can be made for a year.

Temporary appointment of a brother to a province or convent is called deputation. It is given in writing by a major superior and imposes those obligations of an assignation which have not been expressly excluded. It does not grant assignation rights, but leaves intact the right to take part in elections in the convent of assignation.

As soon as possible, and not later than a week from its reception, the letter of assignation shall be read in the presence of the community in the convent to which a brother is sent. From that moment a brother’s appointment to that convent begins, even if he cannot be present immediately.
The superior should note the reading of the assignation in the council book and notify the superior of the convent of previous assignation.

1. A general chapter or the Master of the Order may freely assign brothers to any province or convent.
2. A provincial chapter or a prior provincial may make assignations within their own province.
3. A provincial chapter or a prior provincial may assign a brother from another province to theirs, with the consent of the provincial chapter or of the prior provincial of the province of affiliation, the Master of the Order having been informed.
4. A brother who in accordance with § I or § III has been assigned to a province also needs to be assigned to a specific convent as soon as possible.
5. Direct or indirect assignations by reason of study must be made in writing (see Appendix, n. 13).

Transfiliation from one province to another can be effected by the Master of the Order, with the consent, however, of both priors provincial and their councils.

Before they begin their novitiate, postulants from another province must be told, clearly, into which province they are being received. If, however, a postulant is admitted without any such clarification, he will be a member of the province in which he began the novitiate.

The brethren are ranked among themselves according to profession in such a way, however, that superiors have precedence over others.

No convent can be reduced to the status of a simple house except by a provincial chapter.

When a new community is established directly as a convent properly so called, the prior provincial shall appoint the prior in accordance with n. 373 1°.

When a house has the conditions required by our law to be a convent properly so called, the prior provincial, having consulted the chapter of the community and if the council of the province approves, shall establish that house as a convent by his own decree, and the brothers shall elect a prior.