Can. 440 §1. A provincial council for the different particular churches of the same ecclesiastical province is to be celebrated whenever it seems opportune in the judgment of the majority of the diocesan bishops of the province, without prejudice to can. 439 §2.
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Can. 440 §2. When a metropolitan see is vacant, a provincial council is not to be convoked.
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