Can. 453
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§ 1. Superioris monasterii sui iuris est admittere ad novitiatum consulto suo consilio.
§ 2. Ipsi Superiori constare debet opportunis mediis adhibitis de idoneitate atque de plena libertate candidati in statu monastico eligendo.
§ 3. Circa documenta a candidatis praestanda necnon circa diversa testimonia de eorum bonis moribus et idoneitate colligenda serventur praescripta typici.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.