Every brother who, ex officio or by appointment, is entrusted with the administration of goods is obliged to give an account of his administration.

Without prejudice to n. 543, all brothers, even superiors, are obliged to give to the bursar all money or accruals of any sort, so that these can be recorded accurately in the account books and, respecting the rights of any third party, be added to the goods of the community.

In economic administration the requirements of civil law must be strictly observed, as must the Church’s law and our own.

Immovable and movable temporal goods must be administered in accordance with the Church’s law and our own legislation, and also in accordance with a province’s or the Order’s special statutes on administration.

The following belong to the Order:

1. immovable, movable, and capital goods, both of the Order and of institutes immediately subject to the Master of the Order, and their accruals;
2. the earnings of the brethren working in those institutes and of those working in the general curia, as well as gifts made to them without any special condition, without prejudice to no. 600;
3. taxes imposed on provinces by a general chapter;
4. taxes on convents or institutes immediately subject to the Master of the Order, imposed by him with his council;
5. all other income accruing to the Order as such.

Unless otherwise determined by a provincial chapter, the following belong to a province:

1. income earned by the prior provincial;
2. gifts made to the province;
3. donations made for the education of postulants, novices, and students, as well as for the support of the missions or for other projects committed to the province’s direction;
4. income from projects and institutes for which the province has accepted financial responsibility;
5. income earned by brothers assigned outside their own province, or working outside it, in accordance with n. 600;
6. goods of any kind inherited by members of the province and also free bequests – bequests, that is, left to brothers but without any previous indication of the benefactor’s intention in their regard in writing or before witnesses, without prejudice to n. 200;
7. immovable, movable, or capital goods acquired by a province in the course of time, and their accruals;
8. taxes imposed on the convents by the provincial chapter.

Unless otherwise determined by a provincial chapter, the following belong to a convent:

1. whatever the brothers assigned there acquire by their own work or activity, either as individuals or as members of the convent, and also personal income of any kind, without prejudice to nn. 174 and 200, § IV;
2. gifts made to the convent;
3. all goods legitimately acquired in the course of time, whether immovable, movable, or capital, and their accruals.

1. If through its superiors, or its ordinary or delegated administrators, a convent, province or the Order incurs debts and obligations within the limits of their office, the moral juridical person itself is responsible for them.
2. Similarly, if a deputed administrator contracts debts and obligations, the moral juridical person in whose name the transactions took place is responsible for them.
3. If a brother contracts debts and obligations without a superior’s permission, he himself is responsible for them, not the Order, province or convent.

Delegated or appointed administrators, as well as superiors and bursars, may also validly incur expenses and perform juridical acts of ordinary or extraordinary administration, provided they have the requisite approval.

1. Institutes and undertakings which pertain to a convent, a province, or the Order, and which are placed under the jurisdiction of the respective superior, may enjoy certain rights according to the statute of administration of the province or of the Order.
2. Similarly, personal administration may be conceded to designated officials of a convent, a province, or the Order: they are considered delegated administrators.
3. Within the limits of the statute of administration of a province or of the Order, superiors may depute individual brothers to carry out particular tasks.