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Past Decrees Confirmed by the 1998 General Assembly

Decretum 1.Conventus Generalis declarat Constitutiones, Statuta et Decreta praesentia esse totum ius proprium Congregationis nunc vigens.

Si qua lacuna de facto detegatur, provideri potest ad normam iuris universalis vel, si casus ferat, proprii praecedentis.

Decretum 2.Continuatur fundus pecuniae pro missionibus ad Gentes et pro Provinciis pauperioribus, et Superior Generalis iudicio ipsius incrementum relinquitur.

Decretum 3.Limites pro expensis extraordinariis a Superiore Generali faciendis:

a) Superior Generalis potest facere, ipse solus, expensas extraordinarias usque ad U. S. $ 25,000.

b) Superior Generalis potest facere expensas extraordinarias usque ad U. S. $ 150,000, udito suo Consilio.

c) Superior Generalis potest facere expensas extraordinarias usque ad U. S. $ 1,500,000, de consensu sui Consilii.

d) Superior Generalis potest facere expensas extraordinarias supra U. S. $ 1,500,000, de consensu unanimi sui Consilii.

Decretum 4.Curandum erit ut Fratrum repraesentatio in Conventu Generali habeatur. Superiori Generali cum suo Consilio relinquintur invenire aptiorem solutionem ad eandem repraesentationem assequendam et ad alios casus solvendos in quibus legitima electio impossibilis evadat et tamen repraesentatio in Conventu conveniens sit”.

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1.The General Assembly declares that the present Constitutions, Statutes, and Decrees constitute the total proper law of the Congregation now in effect. If, as a matter of fact, any lacuna is discovered, provision can be made in accord with the norm of universal law, or, if the situation warrants, of our own previous law.

2.The monetary fund for the foreign missions and poorer provinces should be continued. The growth of this fund is left to the judgment of the Superior General.

3.The limits for extraordinary expenses that can be contracted by the Superior General:

a) On his own authority the Superior General can contract extraordinary expenses up to US $25,000.

b) Having heard his council the Superior General can contract extraordinary expenses up to US $150,000.

c) With the consent of his council the Superior General can contract extraordinary expenses up to US $1,500,000.

d) With the unanimous consent of his council the Superior General can contract extraordinary expenses over US $1,500,000.[Q0]

4.Care must be taken that the brothers have representation in the General Assembly. It is left to the Superior General with his council to find a better solution for achieving this representation and for solving other cases in which representation in the Assembly is important but a legitimate election becomes impossible.

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