GENERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE CRAFT Preliminary Declaration By the solemn Act of Union between the two Grand Lodges of Free-Masons of England in December 1813, it was ‘declared and pronounced that pure Antient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more, viz., those of the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason, including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch’. PRELIMINARY Headings 1. The headings are for convenience of reference only, and are not to affect the construction of these Laws and Regulations nor to form any part thereof. THE GRAND LODGE The Grand Lodge 2. The interests of the Fraternity are managed by a general representation of all private Lodges on the Register, the Grand Stewards for the year and the Grand Officers, present and past, with the Grand Master at their head. This collective body is styled THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ANTIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND, and is hereinafter referred to as ‘The Grand Lodge’. General powers of all substituted authorities 3. Every Brother who shall, in accordance with the laws and procedure of Masonry, preside or act in the Grand Lodge, or in any Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Lodge, or in any private Lodge, or on any Board or Committee for, or in the place of, any Officer or Brother who may be absent, shall, while so presiding or
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