§1. The constitutions are to prescribe the proper manner of governance; they are to define the time during which the moderators hold their office and the manner by which they are designated.
§2. No one is to be designated as supreme moderator who is not incorporated definitively.
§3. Those who have been placed in charge of the governance of an institute are to take care that its unity of spirit is preserved and that the active participation of the members is promoted.
Source: Code of Canon Law (Vatican.va)