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- Assignation is the appointment of a brother to a province or to a specific convent with all rights and obligations unless it is clearly stated otherwise.
- Assignation is either direct (simply made), or indirect by reason of office or of studies.
- Assignation outside one’s own province for the purpose of study does not entitle one to a vote in elections. The prior provincial of the province of assignation, with the previous consent of the prior provincial of the province of affiliation, determines other rights and obligations of the brother assigned by reason of study, without prejudice to n. 208.
- Assignation by reason of office applies only to superiors; that made by reason of study applies only to students outside their province.
- Every brother needs a direct assignation to a specific convent from the time of first profession, which assignation of itself has no time limit. An indirect assignation lasts only for as long as the office. As for the duration of an indirect assignation by reason of study, that is determined by the prior provincial of the province of assignation, with the consent of the prior provincial of the province of affiliation. During the time of indirect assignment, the previous direct assignment remains inactive; when the time of indirect assignation has elapsed, the direct, or simple, assignation revives.
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