Can. 495
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Sodalis, qui post emissam professionem monasterium illegitime deseruit, debet sine mora ad monasterium redire; Superiores debent eum sollicite requirere et, si vera paenitentia motus redit, suscipere; secus vero ad normam iuris puniatur vel etiam dimittatur.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.