Constitution

1. No one may grant voting rights in an election to any brother who according to our laws does not belong to the elective chapter or who lacks active voice.
2. During the two months before an election, affiliations, assignments, or the conferring of any offices which of their nature give or take away the right to vote in any chapter shall not be easily made.

To have active voice one must be solemnly professed and must meet the requirements of common law.

In every election, only those who have active voice in the Order and belong to the elective chapter may cast a vote.

It is the duty of the procurator general to transact affairs with the Holy See, according to the faculties granted him by the Master of the Order.

1. Other officials of the general curia are: the procurator general, the postulator general of causes of beatification and canonization, the secretary general of the Order, the bursar of the Order, the archivist, and the general promoters. Some experts and co-workers for the Master of the Order and the curia may also be present.
   Some of these officials and experts may be chosen from among the socii of the Master of the Order.
2. They are appointed by the Master of the Order, after consulting his council, and remain in office for six years; they may be appointed again for another six years, always leaving the new Master free to replace the brothers belonging to the general curia. 
3. The Holy See shall be notified of the appointment of the procurator and postulator general.

1. All the socii are appointed by the Master of the Order, remain in office for six years, and may be appointed again for another six years, always leaving the new Master of the Order free to change the brothers who are members of the general council.
2. The appointment of socii for the apostolate, and for the intellectual life, and for fraternal life and formation shall take place after the views of all priors provincial have been ascertained.
3. The appointment of socii to deal with relations between provinces and the Master of the Order shall take place after the priors provincial concerned have been consulted. When they shall have reached an agreement on the matter they shall offer three names to the Master of the Order. The Master of the Order is obliged to appoint one of the three or to ask that three other names be offered.

1. The socii help the Master of the Order in the exercise of his office over the whole Order; with their consent or advice the Master governs the Order, discussing and deciding questions of major importance for the life of the whole Order.
2. The socii of the Master of the Order are to be no fewer than eight and no more than ten. Two of them have charge of matters to do with the apostolate and the intellectual life in the Order respectively; to the others is entrusted care for the relationship of the provinces with the Order, and for other matters which may be committed to them by the Master of the Order (see n. 428).

1. Under the chairmanship of the Master or vicar of the Order, or of their vicar, the general council is composed of the socii to the Master of the Order and of the procurator general; their consent or advice is required according to our laws and common law (cf. appendicem n. 14-bis).
2. The Master of the Order may convoke the councillors to seek their advice and opinion whenever it seems beneficial to him even if this is not required by law.

1. A most general chapter shall not be convened unless the majority of the provinces request it, and it shall be announced two years beforehand unless the need for it is urgent.
2. The same prescriptions shall be observed for its convocation, preparation, and celebration as for general chapters.

The two diffinitors of a most general chapter:

1. must be elected for this purpose, either in a provincial chapter or in an extraordinary elective chapter;
2. they should have the same qualifications as diffinitors of a general chapter, except that those who served as diffinitors in the immediately preceding general chapter may be elected.