Consultation Booklet - Dossier Six - Chapter six - Government -

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The requirement of o quorum of ot leost three members:
102. According to its situotion, the loca! council decides
whot will be the quorum for valid octs ; in no cases con this
quorum be less thon three. The superior or the director,
however, musVolwoys be present. This decision must be
opproved by the provincia! superior ond his council.
Norm as proposed:
Comments or suggestions:
Putting the norm concerning ossigning personnel ot end of
section on locol community:
113 bis. Individuols ore ossigned to o house or residence
by the provincia! superior ofter suitoble consultotion ond
with the consultotive vote of his council.
New plocement os suggested:
Comments or suggestions,
The Province
Hovi.ng the Consultotive Body oso required port of the life of
the Province os voted by the Genero! Chopter of 1976:
Opinion on this requirement:
Comments or suggestions:
The Provincia! Chapter
1. Thot new delegotes be elected for eoch new chapter:
119. New delegates ore elected eoch time o Provincia!
Chopter is convoked. If, however, the election of the
provincia! superior is held within ten months ofter the

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election of delegotes t o the generol chopter, t here is no
new election of delegotes.
Norm os proposed :
Comments or suggestions:
2. If permonent chopter is retoined, odd the following concerning
o delegate who refuses to ottend o chopter without reoson :
122. An elected delegate who, without serious reosons that
ore occepted by the Provinciol Superior ond his Council,
refuses to ottend the Chapter, loses his rights oso delegate
ond is reploced for the rest of the mondate by on
alternate.
Addition os proposed:
Comments or suggestions:
b) The oddition of the list of those who hove lost octive
ond passive voice for the provinciol chopter, os voted by
the Generol Chopter of 1976, to be odded to Norm 124:
The following, however, ore deprived of octive ond passive
voice:
o) those who ore living outside the community without
legitimote permission;
b) those who hove presented o request for loicizotion, seculorizotion,
excloustrotion or dispensotion from vows: the
deprivotion begins on the dote of the letter requesting o
dispensotion; should the dispensotion be refused or should
the member ceose to seek o dispensotion, the member would
regoin active ond passive voice from the day he stotes in
writing thot he hos decided to remoin in the Congregotion;
e) those who, in virtue of the powers gronted by "Cum Admotoe "
hove obtoined permission to live outside the community for
the purpose of studying their vocotion : the deprivotion
begins on the day the permission is gronted in writing ond

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2 . Concerning the Provinciol os superior of o house:
146. The provinciol superior moy be neither provinciol
treosurer nor locol superior, except of the house where
he resides, if it be occupied solely by the Provinciol
Administrotion .
Norm os proposed:
Comments or suggestions:
3. Plocing Norm 144 before norm 143 to serve oso better introduct
ion:
"144 which would be before 143: The provinciol superior's
primory function is to promote o genuine religious,
opostolic end community spirit in his Province.
New plocement os suggested:
Comments or suggestions:
The
Provinciol Secretory
Drop the requirement of consulting the consultotive body end
olso the foct thot the term is for the durotion of the
provinciol superior's term: (opplies olso to Treosurer)
160. The provinciol secretory is oppointed by the provinciol
superior with the deliberative vote of his council ofter
hoving mode the consultotion considered opportune .. . .
It is the duty of the provinciol secretory .... etc. os is ..
Chonge proposed:
Comments or suggestions:
The Consultotive Body
The following norm wos voted by the Chopter of 1976 end will
be ploced ofter 162 with o heoding of its own:
162 bis. There is to be in eoch Province end Vice-Pro-

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Norm as proposed :
Comments or suggestions :
The Treasurer General
Propose that the financial counci l on the genera! leve! be made
optional as on the provincia! level:
240. To help him plan and implementa sound economie policy
in canformity with common Law, the treasurer genera! may be
assisted by a financial council.
One of the general assistants must be a member of this
cou nei 1.
Norm as proposed:
Comments or suggestions:
Appendix II dealing with use and administration of gaods:
Appendix II should become
Norms:
o regular part of the
YES
NO
Comments or suggestions:
Add no. 22 of Renovotionis Cousam
Comments or suggestions :
to Appendix III :
YES
NO