§1. Superiors and chapters of institutes possess that power over members which is defined in universal law and the constitutions.
§2. In clerical religious institutes of pontifical right, however, they also possess ecclesiastical power of governance for both the external and internal forum.
§3. The prescripts of cann. 131, 133, and 137- 144 apply to the power mentioned in §1.
Source: Code of Canon Law (Vatican.va)