Allied Masonic Degrees - 2025

CONSTITUTIONS AND

REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ORDER OF THE

ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND DISTRICTS AND COUNCILS OVERSEAS

2025 © The Grand Council Mark Masons’ Hall 86 St James’s Street, London, SW1A 1PL www.markmasonshall.org

CONSTITUTIONS and REGULATIONS for the Government of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas Published under the Authority of the Grand Council First published: 23 October 2001

Amended: 27 October 2009; 26 October 2010; 27 October 2015; 23 October 2018; 27 October 2020; 25 October 2022; 22 October 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No.

Section A

Grand Council...................................................................................... 141

Section B

Sovereign Grand Council..................................................................... 145

Section C

Grand Officers...................................................................................... 148

Section D

District Grand Prefects, Grand Inspectors, District Grand Councils and Inspectorates........................................... 151

Section E

Private Councils................................................................................... 157

Section F

Executive Committee........................................................................... 176

Section G

Complaints, Irregularities, Disputes and Appeals................................ 178

Section H

General Regulations............................................................................. 184

Section J

Schedule of Fees and Contributions..................................................... 186

Section K

Interpretation, Amendment and Coming into Force of Regulations.... 188

Section L

Regalia, Clothing, Insignia and Jewels................................................ 189 Plates – Index....................................................................................... 199 INDEX................................................................................................. 213

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SECTION A

GRAND COUNCIL

1.

The Order shall be governed by a body styled “THE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF THE ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND DISTRICTS AND COUNCILS OVERSEAS”, consisting of the Brethren listed in Regulation 4(i) below, which body is hereinafter referred to as“GRAND COUNCIL”.

2. (i)

Grand Council possesses supreme authority over the Degrees of St Lawrence the Martyr, Knight of Constantinople, Grand Tilers of Solomon, Red Cross of Babylon and Grand High Priest, and alone has the inherent power of enacting laws and regulations for the government of the Order, and of altering, repealing, and abrogating them.

Grand Council

All Regulations Emanate from Grand Council

2. (ii)

Grand Council may undertake the government of any other Masonic Order or Degree which may apply for inclusion and is not already under the control of any of the following: The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and its Districts and Lodges Overseas, and the Degree of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariner; The Great Priory of the United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta of England and Wales and its Provinces Overseas; The Supreme Council 33º of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas; The Grand Imperial Conclave for England and Wales and its Divisions and Conclaves Overseas of the Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine; The Grand Council of the Order of Royal and Select Masters of England and Wales and its Districts and Councils Overseas; The Grand Conclave of the Order of the Secret Monitor, or Brotherhood of David and Jonathan, in the British Isles and its Districts and Conclaves Overseas; The Grand College of Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests and Order of Holy Wisdom; The Grand Priory of the Knights Beneficent of the Holy City of the Rectified Scottish Rite of England and Wales: The High Council of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.

2. (iii)

No Council owing allegiance to the Grand Council may institute, establish or work in any other Order or Degree without the knowledge and consent of the Grand Council.

3. (i)

Grand Council has also the power of investigating, regulating and deciding all matters relative to the Order and alone possesses the authority for erasing Councils and expelling members.

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Erasing Councils and Expelling Members

GRAND COUNCIL

3. (ii)

In all cases of expulsion by the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and its Districts and Lodges Overseas, the Supreme Grand Chapter of England or under the constitution of any Sovereign Grand Council recognised by Grand Council or other Masonic Order with whom Grand Council is in amity of a Brother who is a member of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees he shall thereby be expelled from this Order.

3. (iii) In the case of the general suspension of a Brother under any of the jurisdictions named in 3(ii), being a member of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees he shall thereby be suspended from the Order for a like period and on like terms unless the Grand Master on the advice of the Executive Committee shall otherwise direct.

3. (iv)

The resignation by a Brother from the United Grand Lodge of England or any other Grand Lodge in amity with the United Grand Lodge of England under Regulation 277A of the Book of Constitutions and Regulations shall take effect as a resignation from the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees.

Rank and Precedence of Members

4. (i)

Members of Grand Council, and their precedence, shall be as follows: 1 Grand Master............................................................................... G.M. 2 Past Grand Masters................................................................... P.G.M. 3 Deputy Grand Master.......................................................... Dep.G.M. 4 Past Deputy Grand Masters...............................................P.Dep.G.M. 5 District Grand Prefects..................................................... Dist.G.Pref.

6 Past District Grand Prefects and Past Divisional Grand Prefects..........P.Dist.G.Pref./P.Div.G.Pref.

7 Grand Senior Warden............................................................... G.S.W. 8 Past Grand Senior Wardens....................................................P.G.S.W. 9 Grand Junior Warden................................................................. G.J.W. 10 Past Grand Junior Wardens.................................................... P.G.J.W. 11 Grand Inspector....................................................................... G.Insp.

12 Past Grand Inspectors............................................................P.G.Insp.

13 Grand Chaplain....................................................................... G.Chap.

14 Past Grand Chaplains...........................................................P.G.Chap.

15 Grand Treasurer...................................................................... G.Treas.

16 Past Grand Treasurers......................................................... P.G.Treas.

17 Grand Registrar........................................................................ G.Reg. 18 Past Grand Registrars............................................................ P.G.Reg. 19 President of the Executive Committee.................................. Pres.E.C. 20 Past Presidents of the Executive Committee......................P.Pres.E.C. 21 Grand Secretary.........................................................................G.Sec. 22 Past Grand Secretaries............................................................ P.G.Sec. 23 Grand Director of Ceremonies................................................. G.D.C. 142

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24 Past Grand Directors of Ceremonies......................................P.G.D.C. 25 Grand Historiographer..............................................................G.Hist.

26 Past Grand Historiographers................................................. P.G.Hist.

27 Deputy Grand Secretary.................................................... Dep.G.Sec. 28 Past Deputy Grand Secretaries....................................... P.Dep.G.Sec. 29 Deputy Grand Directors of Ceremonies............................Dep.G.D.C. 30 Past Deputy Grand Directors of Ceremonies................. P.Dep.G.D.C. 31 Grand Senior Deacon............................................................... G.S.D. 32 Past Grand Senior Deacons....................................................P.G.S.D. 33 Grand Junior Deacon................................................................. G.J.D. 34 Past Grand Junior Deacons..................................................... P.G.J.D. 35 Assistant Grand Secretary..................................................... A.G.Sec. 36 Past Assistant Grand Secretaries........................................ P.A.G.Sec. 37 Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies............................ A.G.D.C. 38 Past Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies...................P.A.G.D.C. 39 Assistant Grand Chaplain................................................... A.G.Chap.

40 Past Assistant Grand Chaplains........................................P.A.G.Chap.

41 Grand Sword Bearer............................................................. G.Swd.B. 42 Past Grand Sword Bearers................................................. P.G.Swd.B. 43 Grand Standard Bearer............................................................ G.St.B. 44 Past Grand Standard Bearers.................................................P.G.St.B. 45 Grand Organist......................................................................... G.Org. 46 Past Grand Organists..............................................................P.G.Org. 47 Deputy Grand Organist..................................................... Dep.G.Org. 48 Past Deputy Grand Organist........................................... P.Dep.G.Org. 49 Grand Inner Guard.................................................................... G.I.G. 50 Past Grand Inner Guards.........................................................P.G.I.G. 51 Grand Steward........................................................................ G.Stwd.

52 Past Grand Stewards.............................................................P.G.Stwd.

53 Grand Tyler.............................................................................. G.Tyler 54 Past Grand Tylers...................................................................P.G.Tyler 55 Masters, Past Masters who are qualified under Regulation 5, Senior Wardens and Junior Wardens of Private Councils 4. (ii)

Officers of the Grand Council, holding or having held identical active or past ranks, take rank amongst themselves in order of appointment, provided that Officers of the year take precedence of those holding corresponding past rank.

5.

Every Brother regularly elected and installed as Master of a Council, who has filled the office for the period from one regular date of installation to the next, or who is deemed under these Regulations to have filled such office for that period, shall so long as he continues to be a subscribing member of a Council be qualified to be a member of Grand Council, but if for twelve months he has ceased to be a subscribing member of a Council he shall no longer be so qualified, nor can he regain qualification for the right of membership of Grand Council as a Past Master until he has again become a subscribing member of a Council.

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GRAND COUNCIL Titles and Salutes

Regular Meetings of Grand Council

6. (i)

The Grand Master and Past Grand Masters are entitled to the prefix “Most Worshipful” (M.W.).

6. (ii) The prefix “Right Worshipful” (R.W.) is accorded to and shall be used only by the Deputy Grand Master and Past Deputy Grand Masters, District Grand Prefects and Past District Grand Prefects, Past Divisional Grand Prefects, Grand Senior Warden, Past Grand Senior Wardens, Grand Junior Warden, Past Grand Junior Wardens.

6. (iii) The prefix “Very Worshipful” (V.W.) should be used only by Present and Past Grand Inspectors, Present and Past Grand Chaplains, Present and Past Grand Treasurers, Present and Past Grand Registrars, Present and Past Presidents of the Executive Committee, Present and Past Grand Secretaries, Present and Past Grand Directors of Ceremonies and Present and Past Grand Historiographers.

6. (iv) The prefix “Worshipful” (W.) is to be used by the rest of the Present and Past Grand Officers, by the Present and Past Masters of Councils, and is also accorded to Masters and Past Masters of Councils of any recognised Constitution.

6. (v) The prefix “Brother” (Bro.) shall be used by all other members.

6. (vi) Salutes shall be; Most Worshipful Brethren, 11; Present and Past Deputy Grand Masters, 9; other Right Worshipful Brethren, 7; Very Worshipful Brethren, 5; other Present and Past Grand Officers, 3.

6. (vii) Within their own District/Inspectorate Deputy District Grand Prefects, Assistant Inspectors and Past Deputy District Grand Prefects, Past Assistant Inspectors shall be entitled to 5; other District Grand Officers, Inspectorate Officers present or past within their own Districts, Inspectorates, holders of Allied Overseas Rank and holders of Allied Divisional Rank to 3.

6. (viii) No Brother when acting in a higher office may receive a salute other than that to which he is personally entitled.

7. (i) A Meeting of Grand Council shall be holden in each year, on the fourth Tuesday in the month of October. Provided that if such regular day of meeting be proclaimed as a public holiday, or if for any reason it should be impracticable or inconvenient to hold the meeting on such day, the Grand Master may direct that the meeting shall be held on some other day.

7. (ii) Such Grand Council shall normally be held in London, but, should the Grand Master think fit, the Grand Council may be held elsewhere.

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8.

The Grand Master, or, in his absence, the Deputy Grand Master, may summon special Grand Councils whenever the good of the Order shall, in their opinion, require it. The summons for a special meeting of Grand Council shall state the purpose for which it is convened, and no other business shall be entered on at such meeting.

9. (i)

All matters of business to be brought under the consideration of Grand Council shall be made known previously to the Executive Committee, that through it all the representatives of Councils may be apprised of such business, and be prepared to decide thereon. A member of Grand Council other than a member of the Executive Committee intending to submit a proposition for its consideration shall state in writing the nature of his intended motion or business, which statement shall be laid before the Executive Committee.

Special Meetings of Grand Council

Notice of Business for Meetings of Grand Council

9. (ii)

No other matter shall be discussed in Grand Council without the express permission of the Grand Master.

10. Copies of the Agenda for each meeting of Grand Council, together with the Report of the Executive Committee and the minutes of the proceedings of the preceding meeting of Grand Council, shall be sent, a minimum of 14 days before the meeting, to all Grand Officers, present and past, who are subscribing members of a Council, and two copies shall be sent to the Secretary of each Council, of which one shall be for the use of the Master. Copies of the Agenda shall also be available for other members of Grand Council attending the meetings thereof.

11. If at any meeting of Grand Council the Grand Master be absent, Grand Council shall be ruled by the Deputy Grand Master, or in his absence, by the member of Grand Council present who shall be senior in rank according to the table of precedence contained in Regulation 4.

12. Grand Council is declared to be opened or closed in ample form when the Grand Master presides, in due form when a Past Grand Master or the Deputy Grand Master presides, at other times in form, yet always with the same authority.

13. If it shall appear to the Grand Master that any proposed resolution contains anything contrary to the good of the Order, he may refuse to permit the same to be discussed.

14. The consideration of any business before Grand Council may, if the Grand Master so directs, be adjourned to the next regular meeting of Grand Council or to a special meeting to be convened for that purpose.

15. Questions under discussion in Grand Council shall ordinarily be decided by show of hands. The numbers shall be ascertained by the Grand Director of Ceremonies.

16. Whenever the Grand Master shall call to order, there shall be complete silence.

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Agenda and Minutes of Proceedings of Grand Council

Absence of Grand Master at Grand Council

Opening and Closing of Grand Council

Irregular Proposition Brought Before Grand Council Adjournment of Grand Council

Voting at Grand Council

Silence to be Observed at Grand Council

GRAND COUNCIL Members to Address Grand Master at Grand Council Members not to speak twice at Grand Council

17. Every speaker shall rise, addressing himself to the Grand Master.

18. The proposer of an original motion shall have the right of reply, but no other Brother shall speak twice to the same question, unless by permission. This rule shall not apply to the President of the Executive Committee, Grand Treasurer or the Grand Secretary.

Visitors to Grand Council

19. Members of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of any recognised Constitution, not members of Grand Council, may, by permission of the Grand Master, be present as visitors, but shall not speak to any question without leave of the Grand Master, or be permitted to vote.

Management of Property of Grand Council

20. (i)

Save as herein specially provided the Executive Committee shall have control and management of all the property of Grand Council.

The monies of Grand Council shall be paid to the current account thereof and all investments shall be made in the names of Trustees (being not less than two nor more than four in number) who shall be elected by Grand Council and hold office during the pleasure of Grand Council.

A Trustee and his estate shall be kept fully indemnified by Grand Council in respect of any losses occasioned to the property and assets of Grand Council otherwise than as a result of his wilful neglect, default or fraud.

A nominee company which is a Trust Corporation registered in the United Kingdom may be appointed by such Trustees to act on their behalf for the purchase, holding and sale of the investments of Grand Council.

20. (ii) The accounts of Grand Council shall be audited annually by a professional firm of Chartered Accountants which must be registered Auditors, be presented to Grand Council, and be available for inspection in the office of Grand Council.

20. (iii) The auditors shall be elected at the annual meeting of Grand Council.

Amendments to the Ritual

21. (i)

Amendments to the Ritual are the sole prerogative of the Grand Master acting on the advice of the Executive Committee as appropriate.

21. (ii) The latest edition of the rituals promulgated for the use of the Order shall be adopted uniformly by every Council.

21. (iii) St Aubyn Council No. 33, Red Cross Council No. 34 and Edgcumbe Council No. 35 may continue to use the ritual of the degree of Knight of Constantinople as authorised by Grand Council on 13 November 1911.

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SECTION B

SOVEREIGN GRAND COUNCIL

22. It shall be lawful for any Council or Councils situate Overseas to make representations to the Grand Master, in the cases of Councils in a District or Inspectorate overseas through the District Grand Prefect, as to the desirability of forming a Sovereign Grand Council of which such Council or Councils shall form part. The Grand Master may grant dispensation to such Council or Councils, and to any other Councils which in his opinion might conveniently be grouped with such Councils in forming a Sovereign Grand Council to consider, either separately or by joint meetings, the desirability of its formation. Thereafter, should he think fit, he may, with the assent of Grand Council, give permission for the formation of a Sovereign Grand Council and grant recognition to such Sovereign Grand Council when formed. Provided always that, save as provided in Regulation 23, no Sovereign Grand Council shall be recognised as having jurisdiction over any Council in a District or Inspectorate overseas without the assent of the District Grand Council, or as having jurisdiction over any Council which has not expressed its desire to be transferred to its jurisdiction when formed. The Grand Master may give such directions as he may think fit for the ascertainment of the wishes of individual Councils in these matters, and as to the conditions of transfer.

23. After the recognition of a Sovereign Grand Council no Warrant shall be granted for the formation of any Council within its territory without the assent of such Sovereign Grand Council.

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Formation and Recognition of New Sovereign Grand Councils

Effect of Recognition

SECTION C GRAND OFFICERS Election and Installation of Grand Master

Death or Resignation of Grand Master

Deputy Grand Master

Grand Secretary

24. (i)

The Grand Master shall be first elected, installed and proclaimed at the annual meeting of Grand Council, and may thereafter be so re-elected and proclaimed at the next annual meeting of Grand Council to be held not more than fifteen months after his first or last election and if not so-elected his office shall expire.

24. (ii) Subject only to the provisions of 24 (v) below the prerogative of the Grand Master excisable by direction or dispensation, shall extend to all matters whatsoever.

24. (iii) For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to the generality of 24 (ii) in the exercise of the said prerogative the Grand Master may: (i) Give such directions as to any matter whatsoever as he shall think fit, including (a) any matter of or relating to ritual and (b) the temporary suspension, variation or amendment of any of the provisions hereof. (ii) Determine any question of recognition or regularity.

24. (iv) A direction or dispensation may be by oral or be by deed or be by instrument under hand, and may have retrospective effect or be varied as in 24 (iii).

24. (v) Nothing herein shall entitle the Grand Master to cause one annual Grand Council to be held more than fifteen months after the last.

24. (vi) Notwithstanding anything else in these statutes, the Grand Master may by direction delegate any of his powers and discretions to such brother or brothers, and for such time or times, as he shall think fit.

25. Should the Grand Master die or resign during his Mastership, the Deputy Grand Master, or in his absence a Senior Grand Officer nominated by the President of the Executive Committee, shall assume the duties and powers of Grand Master and shall summon a meeting of Grand Council to elect a Grand Master.

26. The Grand Master elect shall at once assume the duties and powers of Grand Master and shall be installed at the next regular meeting of Grand Council, or at a special Grand Council, as he may desire.

27. The Deputy Grand Master shall be appointed annually by the Grand Master on the day of his installation, and shall possess all the powers and privileges of the Grand Master in his absence.

28. (i) The Grand Secretary shall be appointed by the Grand Master, and shall hold office without re-appointment during the pleasure of Grand Council.

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28. (ii) A Deputy Grand Secretary may be appointed by the Grand Master, and shall hold office without re-appointment during the pleasure of Grand Council.

28. (iii) Two Assistant Grand Secretaries may be appointed by the Grand Master, and shall hold office without re-appointment during the pleasure of Grand Council.

29. The Grand Tyler shall be appointed by the Grand Master, and shall hold office without re-appointment during the pleasure of Grand Council.

30. (i) Upon the annual installation of the Grand Master he may appoint any or all of the following Grand Officers, who shall thereupon be invested: Grand Senior Warden Grand Junior Warden Grand Chaplain Grand Registrar President of the Executive Committee Grand Director of Ceremonies Grand Historiographer Deputy Grand Directors of Ceremonies Grand Senior Deacon Grand Junior Deacon Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies Assistant Grand Chaplain Grand Sword Bearer Grand Standard Bearer Grand Organist Deputy Grand Organist Grand Inner Guard Grand Stewards 30. (ii) If a Grand Officer is absent from a meeting of Grand Council, the Grand Master may appoint any member of Grand Council to act in his place.

30. (iii) Grand Officers must be Installed Masters.

30. (iv) A Brother shall not hold more than one office in Grand Council at one and the same time, save that a District Grand Prefect and, in special circumstances, and at the discretion of the Grand Master, some other Grand Officer may hold one other office.

30. (v) Casual vacancies may be filled by the Grand Master.

30. (vi) The Grand Master may from time to time appoint or promote Brethren to such Past Rank as he may deem advisable.

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Deputy Grand Secretary

Assistant Grand Secretaries

Grand Tyler

Appointment of Grand Officers

GRAND OFFICERS

Representatives of Other Constitutions

Attendance on Grand Master

Grand Secretary

Grand Director of Ceremonies Grand Tyler

Conduct of Grand Officers

30. (vii) The Grand Master may from time to time confer on Brethren, who have rendered great service to the Order, a distinction to be known as the Grand Master’s Order of Service to Allied Masonry.

31. The Grand Master may by Patent appoint a Brother to represent him at another Grand Council.

32. (i) The Grand Treasurer shall be nominated, elected and invested at Grand Council.

32. (ii) The election of the Grand Treasurer shall be by ballot, and be conducted in a similar manner to that of the elected members of the Executive Committee.

33. The Grand Master may require any of the Grand Officers of the year to attend him when visiting District Grand Councils, District Inspectorates or private Councils.

34. (i) The Grand Secretary, or if he not be available the Deputy Grand Secretary or an Assistant Grand Secretary, shall issue certificates, issue summonses for all meetings of Grand Council, and of the Executive Committee and its Sub Committees, and attend and take minutes of proceedings thereof. In addition he shall receive returns from private Councils, and enter them in the books of Grand Council, receive fees and contributions payable by Councils or Brethren, and pay or cause the same to be paid to the Bank account of Grand Council. He shall also transmit to all Councils accounts of the proceedings of the meetings of Grand Council, and all papers and documents which may be ordered by the Grand Master, Grand Council, or the Executive Committee, receive all petitions, memorials, etc., and submit them to the Grand Master or other proper authority. He shall also attend the Grand Master with any books or papers he may require; and generally do all such things as heretofore have been done or ought to be done by a Grand Secretary. He shall affix the Seal of Grand Council to patents, warrants, certificates or other documents. He shall also have the care of the Seal, regalia, clothing, insignia and jewels of Grand Council.

34. (ii) Applications to the Grand Master concerning Masonic business shall be made through the Grand Secretary.

35. The Grand Director of Ceremonies shall have the arrangement and direction of all processions and ceremonies of Grand Council.

36. The Grand Tyler shall attend every meeting of Grand Council, preserve order within the porch, and see that none be admitted except those properly clothed, and act under the instructions of the Grand Director of Ceremonies.

37. Should the Grand Master be dissatisfied with the conduct of any Grand Officer he may displace such Grand Officer and appoint another, or in the case of a Past Grand Officer he may deprive him of his rank and privileges.

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SECTION D

DISTRICT GRAND PREFECTS, GRAND INSPECTORS, DISTRICT GRAND COUNCILS AND INSPECTORATES 38. The Grand Master has power to constitute any specified area a District/Inspectorate, and to create a District Grand Council having jurisdiction within such area, and to combine, divide, or re­ arrange Districts or direct that a District/Inspectorate shall cease to exist. The Grand Master may direct that an existing Council under the jurisdiction of Grand Council shall form part of an existing District/Inspectorate, or may direct that a Council or Councils in a District/Inspectorate shall cease to form part of such District/Inspectorate.

39. (i) A District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector shall be appointed by the Grand Master by Patent to hold office for a period of five years, which appointment may be extended for further periods each not exceeding five years. He must be qualified as an Installed Master of a regular Council and must also be a subscribing member of a Council in the District/Inspectorate.

By such Patent he shall be granted powers and jurisdiction similar to those possessed by the Grand Master, except as in these Regulations may be otherwise provided, but shall not assume such powers and jurisdiction until he has been invested and installed. He shall be invested and installed at the next regular District Grand Council/ Assembly of the Inspectorate, or at a special District Grand Council summoned for that purpose, and after installation shall in his District/Inspectorate take precedence over all save the Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master.

39. (ii) If a Patent is lost, destroyed, improperly withheld, or so injured as to be wholly or in part illegible, a Patent of Confirmation may be issued by the Grand Master bearing the date of the original Patent or such later date as the Grand Master may think proper.

Should the original Patent subsequently be found or restored, the Patent of Confirmation shall be surrendered unless the Grand Master otherwise directs.

39. (iii) All applications to the Grand Master or the Executive Committee

by Councils or Brethren in a District or Inspectorate shall be made through the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector.

40. (i) To ensure the regular performance of the duties of his office, a District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector shall by Patent appoint a Deputy/ Assistant Inspector, to hold office during his pleasure, who must be qualified as an Installed Master of a regular Council and must also be a subscribing member of a Council in the District or Inspectorate, to execute all the functions of the office in his name, but he shall not assume such powers until he has been invested and installed at a meeting of District Grand Council.

40. (ii) In his District the Deputy shall rank immediately after the District Grand Prefect and in an Inspectorate the Assistant Inspector shall rank immediately after the Grand Inspector.

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Constitution of Districts/ Inspectorates

District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors

Patent of Confirmation

Deputy District Grand Prefects/ Assistant Inspectors

DISTRICT GRAND COUNCILS & INSPECTORATES Address of Deputy District Grand Prefect/ Assistant Inspector

Death or Resignation of District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector

Membership of District Grand Council/ Inspectorate

Meeting of District Grand Council/ Inspectorate

Absence of District Grand Prefect/ Grand Inspector from Meeting of District Grand Council/ Inspectorate

41. The District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector shall transmit, in writing, the name and place of abode of the Deputy District Grand Prefect/Assistant Inspector to all the Councils of his District/Inspectorate and also to the Grand Secretary for registration, within one month of the appointment.

42. (i) In the event of the death, resignation, removal or suspension of a District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector the Deputy District Grand Prefect or in the case of an Inspectorate, the Assistant Inspector or in his absence the Grand Secretary shall act in his place until another Brother has been appointed and installed as District Grand Prefect/ Grand Inspector or the suspension removed, and shall be designated by the title of his office with the addition of the words “in charge”.

42. (ii) If at any time the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector be not available, the Deputy District Grand Prefect/Assistant Inspector shall exercise his functions subject to any directions that he may be given by the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector.

42. (iii) If there shall be no Deputy District Grand Prefect/Assistant Inspector, or if he be not available, the District Grand Officer or Inspectorate Officer next in rank, and then available shall act accordingly.

43. A District Grand Council/Inspectorate consists of the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector with the District Grand Officers/ Inspectorate Officers present or past, and the Masters, Wardens of every Council in the District, together with Masters of Councils, and Past Masters qualified under Regulation 5, who are subscribing members of Councils in the District/Inspectorate.

44. (i) A District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector shall hold an annual Assembly of District Grand Council/Inspectorate, at which the appointment of the District Grand Officers shall be made, and shall also hold such other meetings of the District Grand Council/ Inspectorate as he shall consider necessary. All such meetings shall be transacted in the degree of St. Lawrence the Martyr, and shall be held within the District/ Inspectorate, unless a dispensation is granted by the Grand Master.

44. (ii) Should a District Grand Officer/Inspectorate Officer be absent from any such meeting, the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector may direct any member of the District Grand Council/ Inspectorate to act in his place.

45. (i) Should the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector be absent the Assembly of District Grand Council/Inspectorate shall be ruled by the Deputy District Grand Prefect/Assistant Inspector, or failing him by such member of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate (being an Installed Master) as the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector may designate.

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45. (ii) When a District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector presides, District Grand Council/Inspectorate is to be declared open in due form; if the Deputy District Grand Prefect/Assistant Inspector or any other Brother presides, in form only, yet always with the same authority.

46. (i)

A District Grand Prefect is empowered to appoint annually the following District Grand Officers, all of whom must be subscribing members of a Council in his District: (a) In the case of a District containing 5 or less Councils: Deputy District Grand Prefect...........................Dep.Dist.G.Pref.

District Grand Senior Warden....................................Dist.G.S.W. District Grand Junior Warden.................................... Dist.G.J.W. District Grand Chaplain...........................................Dist.G.Chap.

District Grand Secretary............................................ Dist.G.Sec. District Grand Director of Ceremonies......................Dist.G.D.C. Deputy District Grand Director of Ceremonies.. Dep.Dist.G.D.C. District Grand Senior Deacon.................................... Dist.G.S.D. District Grand Junior Deacon.....................................Dist.G.J.D. Assistant District Grand Director of Ceremonies...A.Dist.G.D.C. Assistant District Grand Secretary..........................A.Dist.G.Sec. District Grand Organist.............................................. Dist.G.Org. District Grand Inner Guard......................................... Dist.G.I.G. One District Grand Steward.................................... Dist.G.Stwd.

District Grand Tyler..................................................Dist.G.Tyler (b) In the case of a District containing more than 5 but less than 10 Councils: Deputy District Grand Prefect...........................Dep.Dist.G.Pref.

District Grand Senior Warden....................................Dist.G.S.W. District Grand Junior Warden.................................... Dist.G.J.W. District Grand Chaplain...........................................Dist.G.Chap.

District Grand Secretary............................................ Dist.G.Sec. District Grand Director of Ceremonies......................Dist.G.D.C. Deputy District Grand Director of Ceremonies.. Dep.Dist.G.D.C. District Grand Senior Deacon.................................... Dist.G.S.D. District Grand Junior Deacon.....................................Dist.G.J.D. Assistant District Grand Director of Ceremonies....A.Dist.G.D.C. District Grand Sword Bearer................................ Dist.G.Swd.B. District Grand Standard Bearer................................ Dist.G.St.B. Assistant District Grand Secretary..........................A.Dist.G.Sec. District Grand Organist.............................................. Dist.G.Org. District Grand Inner Guard......................................... Dist.G.I.G. Two District Grand Stewards.................................. Dist.G.Stwd.

District Grand Tyler..................................................Dist.G.Tyler (c) In the case of a District containing 10 or more Councils, the officers as at (c) save that three District Grand Stewards may be appointed.

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District Grand Council Officers

5 or less Councils

6 to 9 Councils

10 or more Councils

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46. (ii) The District Grand Officers shall be appointed annually in the District Grand Council, and such Officers whenever practicable shall be then invested, together with the District Grand Treasurer.

46. (iii) A Brother shall not hold more than one office in the same District Grand Council, Inspectorate at the same time.

Past District Grand Rank

46. (iv) The District Grand Prefect is empowered to confer on any Brother who is a Past Master and a member of a Council within his District, and who has rendered service to the Order of Allied Masonic Degrees, the rank of a Past District Grand Officer as a first appointment, except that of a Past District Grand Senior Warden or Past District Grand Junior Warden, but no District Grand Prefect shall have the power in any one year to confer such first appointment rank upon more than one Brother for every three Councils in his District.

46. (v) Promotion of a Brother already holding District Grand Rank, Present or Past, to a higher rank shall not count as conferment of past rank for the purposes of this limitation.

46. (vi) Every Brother upon whom such rank shall have been conferred shall be entitled to wear his clothing as a District Grand Officer at all meetings of the Order.

46. (vii) A return showing all appointments, conferment of Past Rank, and promotions shall be sent to the Grand Secretary, within fourteen days of such appointments being made.

46. (viii) A Grand Inspector may only appoint an Assistant Inspector, an Inspectorate Secretary, an Inspectorate Treasurer – by election, an Inspectorate Grand Director of Ceremonies.

Qualification for Appointment as a District Grand Officer

Precedence of District Grand Officers

Precedence Only within the District/ Inspectorate

47. A Brother cannot be appointed to a rank higher than that of District Grand Sword Bearer, unless he be the Master or a Past Master of a Council, without a dispensation from the Grand Master. This limitation shall apply also to the conferment of Past Rank.

48. District Grand Officers, present and past, take precedence both for investiture and otherwise amongst themselves in similar order to Grand Officers holding or having held corresponding ranks as provided

by Regulation 4.

49. With the exception of District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors, present or past, being Officers of Grand Council, District Grand Officers can claim precedence as such only within their District/Inspectorate.

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50. A District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector shall have a like power to remove a District Grand Officer/Inspectorate Officer or to deprive a Past District Grand Officer/Past Inspectorate Officer of his rank, as is vested in the Grand Master by Regulation 37 in respect of Officers of Grand Council, but no such action shall be taken without the approval of the Grand Master.

51. Should a District Grand Officer die, resign, be removed or become incapable of performing the duties of his office by reason of absence or any other cause, the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector may forthwith appoint another Brother to fill the office for the remainder of the year. On completion of the year, such Officer shall rank as a Past District Grand Officer. An Officer so appointed may, if the District Grand Prefect/ Grand Inspector so directs, be invested in a private Council, and a similar direction may be given in the case of any Officer unable to attend for investiture at the meeting of District Grand Council/Inspectorate.

52. A District Grand Council/Inspectorate has the power of framing by-laws, provided that they are not contrary to, or inconsistent with, the Constitutions and Regulations of Grand Council. Such by-laws shall not be valid until approved by the Grand Master.

53. Minutes of the proceedings of a District Grand Council/ Inspectorate shall be entered in a book, which shall be produced by the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector for the inspection of the Grand Master, Grand Secretary or their nominee whenever required.

54. A District Grand Council/Inspectorate may establish a District Executive Committee or other Committees in such manner and with such powers as the by-laws may provide.

55. (i)

A District Grand Council/Inspectorate may direct payments (exclusive of the contributions payable to Grand Council) to be made by District Grand Officers on first appointment or on promotion, and also by Councils in the District, for the establishment of a local fund for general purposes, in respect of the following: (a) Fees payable by Councils (i) Registration of a new Council (ii) For each candidate (iii) For each joining member (iv) Registration of by-laws or amendments of by-laws (v) Dispensations other than those which can only be granted by the Grand Master. (b) Fees payable by Members (i) Annual Dues: Such annual dues for every subscribing member on the Roll during any part of the year as the District Grand Council may prescribe. (ii) Fees of Honour: Such fees of honour on first election, appointment or promotion that the District Grand Council may prescribe.

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Minutes of District Grand Council/ Inspectorate

Committees of District Grand Council/ Inspectorate Finance of District Grand Council/ Inspectorate

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55. (ii) Any of the fees or dues set out above may be altered by resolution of District Grand Council/Inspectorate, provided that notice of such resolution shall have been given on the Notice calling the meeting.

55. (iii) Such fees or dues as the District Grand Council/Inspectorate may prescribe shall not exceed 40% of those charged by Grand Council.

District Grand Treasurer/ Inspectorate Treasurer

56. (i)

The District Grand Council/Inspectorate shall annually elect a District Grand Treasurer/Inspectorate Treasurer who shall receive all monies due to, or held for, the District Grand Council/ Inspectorate and shall without undue delay deposit the same in an account in the name of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate at a bank to be approved by resolution of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate.

56. (ii) The District Grand Treasurer/Inspectorate Treasurer shall regularly enter a complete record of all monies passing through his hands in the proper books of account, which shall be the property of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate and which, together with all District/ Inspectorate funds and property in his possession, shall be transferred to his successor as District Grand Treasurer/Inspectorate Treasurer upon investiture or to the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector.

56. (iii) The District Grand Treasurer/Inspectorate Treasurer shall prepare a statement of accounts annually, to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate duly audited by two or more auditors (who shall be elected annually by the District Grand Council/ Inspectorate) and, following the approval and adoption of the audited statement of accounts by the District Grand Council/Inspectorate, a copy thereof shall be transmitted to each Council within the District/ Inspectorate, and one copy thereof transmitted to the Grand Secretary.

56. (iv) The same procedure of annual accounts, audit and presentation to the District Grand Council/Inspectorate shall, subject to any necessary amendments, be followed in relation to any other funds maintained by or in connection with the District Grand Council/Inspectorate, whether by the Treasurer or other Officer and whether relating to General or Charitable purposes or otherwise.

Allied Overseas Rank

57. The Grand Master has power to confer the Rank designated Allied Overseas Rank on Past Masters of Overseas Councils not under a District, who have rendered long and meritorious service to the Order and are members of Grand Council in accordance with Regulation 5. The holders of such Rank are entitled to wear the regalia prescribed in these Regulations at all meetings of the Order. The fee of honour in respect of Allied Overseas Rank shall be as prescribed in Regulation 140.

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Every application for a Warrant to hold a new Council must be by petition to the Grand Master. In all cases the petition must be signed by at least nine members of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees regularly registered under the Constitution of the Grand Council of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas and in the case of Councils to meet in England, Wales or the Channel Islands all other signatories to the petition must be so registered, but in other cases members of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees registered under a Constitution recognised

by Grand Council may be signatories to the petition provided that their number does not exceed one-third of the total number of signatories.

Each signatory must specify the Councils or, if such signatory is not registered under Grand Council, the Councils working the Ritual under a recognised Constitution, of which he is or has been a member, and must produce clearance certificates from each such Council, if still in existence, for transmission to the Grand Secretary, unless the Grand Master or the District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector excuses such production in any particular case. Petitioners who are not registered under Grand Council must also apply for a certificate, which will be issued on payment of the prescribed joining fee. In the case of a Council in a District or Inspectorate, the petition and certificates are to be sent to the District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector or the Deputy District Grand Prefect or Assistant Inspector, who is to forward such petition, with his recommendation or opinion thereon, to the Grand Secretary for the decision of the Grand Master.

58. (ii) The following is the form of petition for a new Council: To The Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas.

The undersigned petitioners, being members of all the Degrees under the control of the Grand Council and having the prosperity of the Fraternity at heart and being willing to exert their best endeavours to promote and diffuse the genuine principles of the Order, respectfully represent that they are desirous of forming a Council to be named the .............................. Council and to meet at (address) .............................. on the .............................. in the months of ...............................

They therefore pray for a Warrant of Constitution to empower them to assemble as a lawful Council and to discharge their duties as members of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees in a regular and constitutional manner according to the original forms and the Constitutions and Regulations of the Order.

They have nominated and do recommend Bro. .............................. to be the first Master, Bro. .............................. to be the first Senior Warden and Bro. .............................. to be the first Junior Warden of the said Council.

If the prayer of the petitioners be granted, they promise a strict conformity with the Constitutions and Regulations of the Order.

Dated at .............................. this ............ day of ............ 20......

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58. (iii) The nominated Officers of a Council cannot be altered except by special sanction of the Grand Master.

Councils to be Regularly Consecrated

Precedence of Councils

Council Warrant

59. In order to avoid irregularities, every new Council shall be consecrated according to Antient usage, by the Grand Master or in his absence, and with the approval of either the Grand Master or President of the Executive Committee, by the Deputy Grand Master or other Grand Officer or Master or Past Master of a Council acting as deputy for the time being. A Council shall not be acknowledged, nor its Officers admitted as such into Grand Council, District Grand Council, Inspectorate nor shall any of its members as such be entitled to other privileges of the Order, unless it has been regularly constituted and consecrated.

60. Councils rank in precedence for all purposes, including precedence in a District, Inspectorate, in order of their numbers as registered in the books of Grand Council. Certain Time Immemorial Councils shall not have a number but shall be placed at the head of all other Councils. Every Council shall also bear a name, which shall not be changed without the permission of the Grand Master.

61. (i)

Save as hereinafter provided a Council cannot meet without its Warrant of Constitution, specially entrusted to the Master at his installation, who shall be responsible for its safe custody, and who shall produce it at every meeting of the Council. Such Warrant remains the property of the Grand Master and shall be surrendered to him on the dissolution of the Council, and it cannot in any circumstances be transferred. No endorsements or other marking shall be made on a Warrant.

61. (ii) Should a Warrant be lost, destroyed or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled to hold and use the same, or withheld by competent Masonic authority, the Council must suspend its meetings until a new Warrant or Warrant of Confirmation has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper, or until the Warrant be found or restored. Provided that the Grand Master or Deputy Grand Master, but no other authority, may grant a dispensation to a Council to meet without its Warrant on such occasions, and subject to such conditions, as the dispensation may provide.

Council Warrant of Confirmation

Officers of a Council

62. If a Warrant is lost, destroyed, improperly withheld, or so injured as to be wholly or in part illegible, a Warrant of Confirmation may be issued by the Grand Master bearing the date of the original Warrant or such later date as the Grand Master may think proper. Should the original Warrant subsequently be found or restored, the Warrant of Confirmation shall be surrendered unless the Grand Master otherwise directs.

63. (i)

The regular Officers of the Council are the Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Chaplain, Treasurer, Secretary, Director of Ceremonies, Senior Deacon, Junior Deacon, Inner Guard and Tyler.

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63. (ii) The Master may also appoint to any of the following additional Offices, an Almoner, an Assistant Director of Ceremonies, an Assistant Secretary, an Organist and not more than four Stewards.

63. (iii) Save by dispensation from the Grand Master, or in a District Grand Council, Inspectorate, from the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector, no Brother shall hold more than one regular office, but a Brother may hold one of the additional offices together with a regular office.

63. (iv) No Brother shall be appointed as the Warden of a Council unless he is a member of all the Degrees under the control of the Grand Council, except by a special dispensation from the Grand Master.

63. (v) As among the Officers of the Council, the order of precedence for investiture and otherwise shall be as follows: the Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Chaplain, Treasurer, Secretary, Director of Ceremonies, Almoner, Senior Deacon, Junior Deacon, Assistant Director of Ceremonies, Assistant Secretary, Organist, Inner Guard, Steward and Tyler.

63. (vi) The Immediate Past Master as such is not an Officer of the Council but shall take precedence immediately after the Junior Warden. In the event of the death or absence of the Immediate Past Master, the Senior Past Master of the Council present shall act in his place.

64. (i)

Every Council shall annually, at the regular meeting next before the day named in its by-laws for the installation, elect its Master. Unless there is more than one regularly proposed candidate, or there is a demand for a ballot, the regularly proposed candidate shall be deemed and declared to have been elected. The brother so elected shall not assume the Master’s Chair until he has been regularly installed. The Master shall be presented with a current copy of the Constitutions and Regulations and, if applicable, the by-laws of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate together with the by-laws of the Council.

64. (ii) No Brother shall be installed as Master, except by special dispensation from the Grand Master, unless at the date of installation he has served, or is deemed to have served the office of Master or Warden in a regular Council of Allied Masonic Degrees for one complete year, that is to say from one Installation meeting till the next.

64. (iii) Petitions for such a dispensation, setting forth fully the matters thought to justify the grant of a dispensation, must, in a District/Inspectorate, be forwarded through the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector to the Grand Secretary and in other cases direct to the Grand Secretary.

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PRIVATE COUNCILS Obligation of Master of Council

Enforcement of Council By-Laws

Death or Incapacity of Master Elect of Council Not Less Than Seven Days Before Installation Meeting

Death or Incapacity of Master Elect of Council Less Than Seven Days Before Installation Meeting Absence of Master Elect

Absence of Outgoing Master

Direction in Case of Difficulty with Election or Installation of Master of Council

65. Every Master elect, before being installed, shall solemnly pledge himself to preserve and faithfully observe and support the Constitutions and Regulations, and to enforce them strictly within his own Council.

66. The Master is responsible for the due observance of the by-laws of the Council over which he presides, a copy of which shall be presented to him on his installation.

67. If not less than seven days before the date of the regular installation meeting the Master elect should die, or become disqualified or incapacitated, or send to the Master or Secretary a notice in writing of his intention not to accept the office of Master, or if he shall not, at least seven days before such date, have obtained any dispensation necessary for his installation, notice shall be sent to each member of the Council stating the fact, and stating also that on the said date the Brethren will again proceed to elect a Master, who, if then present and willing and qualified to serve, shall be immediately installed and shall forthwith appoint and invest the Officers. If the Brother so elected is not present, or if he is not eligible under Regulation 64 without a dispensation, the installation shall be postponed and the provisions of Regulation 69 shall apply. However, if he is not able or willing to accept the office of Master then the outgoing Master shall continue as Master till the next regular installation meeting, and shall appoint and invest the Officers, either forthwith or at a regular or emergency meeting to be held within five weeks, and Wardens appointed and invested at such meeting shall at the date of the next installation meeting be deemed to have filled their offices for one year.

68. If less than seven days before the date of the regular installation meeting the Master elect should die, or become disqualified or incapacitated, or send to the Master or Secretary a notice in writing of his intention not to accept the office of Master, the outgoing Master shall continue as Master till the next regular installation meeting, and shall appoint and invest the Officers as provided in Regulation 67.

69. If the Master elect, though ready and willing to act as such, is not present at the regular installation meeting, the installation shall be postponed to a regular or emergency meeting, to be held within five weeks of the regular day of installation. Should the Master elect be also absent from such meeting the outgoing Master shall continue as Master till the next regular installation meeting and shall forthwith appoint and invest the Officers. A Master installed, or a Warden appointed and invested at such a meeting, shall at the date of the next regular installation meeting be deemed to have filled his office for one year.

70. Should the outgoing Master be absent from the regular installation meeting or a meeting held under the provisions of Regulations 67 to 69, or should the outgoing Master so request, the Immediate Past Master, or failing him the Senior Past Master of the Council present, or an Installed Master selected by the outgoing Master shall act in his place.

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render doubtful the procedure to be adopted under those provisions, the Council, or the Master thereof, may ask for a direction from the Grand Master, or in a District Grand Council the District Grand Prefect, or in an Inspectorate the Grand Inspector as to the procedure to be followed.

There shall be no appeal against any such direction, nor shall any question be subsequently raised, as to the regularity of anything done according to such direction.

72. (i)

If in any Council it should become impracticable to hold the election or installation meeting upon the day named in the by-laws for that purpose, the Grand Master, or in a District Grand Council the District Grand Prefect, or in an Inspectorate the Grand Inspector may grant a dispensation for the holding of such meetings, or either of them, upon a day which, in the absence of special circumstances, shall be not more than fourteen days before or after that fixed by the by-laws, which day shall for all purposes be deemed the regular day of meeting.

Change of Date of Election or Installation of Master of Council

72. (ii) In every case of such dispensation being granted by a District Grand Prefect, Grand Inspector, a report shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary forthwith.

73. A Brother shall not be Master of more than one Council at the same time, nor shall he continue as Master of the same Council for more than two years consecutively, without a dispensation from the Grand Master: provided that this Regulation shall not apply to an outgoing Master continuing in office under the provisions of Regulation 67, 68 or 69.

74. The Treasurer shall be elected annually on the regular day of election of the Master. Unless there is more than one regularly proposed candidate or there is a demand for a ballot, the regularly proposed candidate shall be deemed and declared to have been elected. The Tyler shall be chosen by show of hands on the same day, provided that a Council may by resolution decide that a member of the Council shall act as Tyler without remuneration, and in such case the Tyler shall be appointed by the Master and shall have the same status as other regular Officers of the Council.

Should the Treasurer or the Tyler be disabled from discharging his duties through absence, ill-health or other special cause the Master may appoint any subscribing member of the Council or in the case of the Tyler any other Brother to act for him so long, during the remainder of the year, as he is so disabled.

75. (i)

After his installation the Master shall appoint the Officers, other than those elected, and invest all Officers present. All Officers other than the Tyler must be subscribing members of the Council.

75. (ii) Should a vacancy occur in any office the Master may appoint a Brother to serve in such office for the remainder of the year.

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Election of Treasurer and Tyler of Council

Appointment and Investiture of Council Officers

PRIVATE COUNCILS Death or Incapacity of Master of Council

Absence of Master of Council

Degrees Conferred in Council

Council Opened/Closed

Council Business

Reception of Candidates

Officers of Degree of Knight of Constantinople

Officers of Degree of Grand Tilers of Solomon

Officers of Degree of Red Cross of Babylon

76. If the Master die, be removed, or be rendered incapable of discharging the duties of his office, the Senior Warden, or in the absence of the Senior Warden, the Junior Warden, or in the absence of both the Senior Warden and the Junior Warden, the Immediate Past Master, or in his absence the Senior Past Master of the Council, shall direct the Council to be summoned until the next installation of Master.

77. In the Master’s absence, the Immediate Past Master, or if he be absent the Senior Past Master of the Council present, or if a Past Master of the Council be not present, then the Senior Past Master present who is a subscribing member of the Council, shall take the chair. If no Past Master who is a member of the Council be present, then the Senior Warden, or in his absence the Junior Warden, shall rule the Council. When a Senior Warden or Junior Warden rules the Council, he shall not occupy the Master’s chair, nor can a ceremony take place, unless carried out by an Installed Master.

78. (i) The Degrees conferred by Councils are: St Lawrence the Martyr; Knight of Constantinople; Grand Tilers of Solomon; Red Cross of Babylon; Grand High Priest.

78. (ii) A Council must be opened and closed in the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr.

78. (iii) The administrative business of the Council shall be transacted in the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr.

78. (iv) A Council of Knight of Constantinople or a Lodge of Grand Tilers of Solomon or a Council of Red Cross of Babylon or a Convention of Grand High Priest may only be opened for the reception of candidates and for no other reason or purpose.

78. (v) The Officers of a Council of Knight of Constantinople are the Illustrious Potentate, Chief of the Builders, Chief of the Artisans, Director of Ceremonies, Senior Conductor, Junior Conductor, Assistant Director of Ceremonies, Guarder and Sentinel.

78. (vi) The Officers of a Lodge of Grand Tilers of Solomon are the Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Director of Ceremonies, Conductor, Captain of the Host and Assistant Director of Ceremonies.

78. (vii) The Officers of a Council of Red Cross of Babylon (Royal Arch Chapter) are Reverend Prelate, 2nd Principal, Chaplain, Director of Ceremonies, Jewish Guide, Assistant Director of Ceremonies, Captain of the Temple Guard, 1st Jewish Guard, 2nd Jewish Guard and Sentinel.

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The Officers of a Council of Red Cross of Babylon (Persian Court) are Thrice Illustrious Sovereign, Master of the Household, Master of Cavalry, Director of Ceremonies, Master of Infantry, Assistant Director of Ceremonies, Captain of the Persian Guard, 1st Persian Guard, 2nd Persian Guard and Sentinel.

78. (viii) The Officers of a Convention of Grand High Priest are Most Excellent President, Vice President, Chaplain, Master of Ceremonies, Conductor, Herald, Assistant Master of Ceremonies, Steward and Sentinel.

79. (i) Every Council has the power of framing by-laws for its government provided that they are not inconsistent with the Constitutions and Regulations. Three copies of the by-laws must be submitted in District Grand Council through the District Grand Secretary and in an Inspectorate through the Inspectorate Secretary, for approval by the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector and then forwarded to the Grand Secretary.

79. (ii) No alteration of, or addition to, the by-laws of a Council shall be made unless notice of a motion for such alteration or addition be given at a meeting of the Council, and the summons for the next meeting, which shall be circulated at least fourteen days before the date of such meeting, contain or be accompanied by a copy of such alteration or addition. If such alteration or addition is approved, with or without amendment, at such meeting, the by­laws as amended shall forthwith be submitted to the Grand Secretary as above, and if approved they shall thereupon become of force without need for confirmation at a subsequent meeting, unless the existing by-laws require such confirmation or the Grand Secretary directs that they shall be submitted for confirmation.

79. (iii) Should the new by-laws as passed by the Council differ from the copy on, or sent with, the summons, the Grand Secretary may, if he thinks fit, require the by-laws to be submitted for confirmation to a further meeting of the Council.

80. The regular dates and place of meeting, the date of the installation meeting, the date on which the annual subscription becomes due and the dates of the Council’s financial year shall be specified in the by-laws. The by-laws may also provide that: 80. (i) The Secretary shall be excused payment of subscription in recognition of his services, in which case all dues in respect of his membership shall be defrayed from the funds of the Council.

80. (ii) One or two black balls shall serve to exclude a candidate.

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(a) be eligible for appointment or election to office. (b) be entitled to attend the banquet; or may be excluded from the Council by resolution of the Council, carried by not less than two thirds of the members then present.

81. A Council shall determine the amount of the annual subscription and of the fees to be paid to the Council by candidates for introduction, reception and admission, joining or rejoining, by resolution in open Council from time to time, after notice on the summons for any regular meeting.

By-Laws for Presentation

Temporary Change of Meeting Place of Council

Permanent Change of Dates or Meeting Place of Council

Meeting Dates of Councils Falling on a Public Holiday

82. Every Brother on admission as a member of a Council shall be supplied with a printed copy of the Constitutions and Regulations of the Order, the by-laws of the District Grand Council/Inspectorate and the by-laws of the Council and his acceptance thereof shall be deemed a submission thereto.

83. The Grand Master, or a District Grand Prefect, or a Grand Inspector may by dispensation authorise a Council to hold a specified meeting or meetings at a place other than its ordinary place of meeting.

Should the alternative place be within the jurisdiction of an Authority other than the Authority granting the dispensation, a further dispensation shall be required from the Authority within whose jurisdiction the alternative place may lie.

84. A permanent alteration of the regular dates or place of meeting of a Council can only be effected by an amendment of its by-laws under the provisions of Regulation 80, provided that a change of place of meeting of a Council in a District Grand Council/Inspectorate to a place without such District/Inspectorate shall not be made without the special leave of the Grand Master.

85. (i) Copies of the Summons for each meeting of a Private Council shall be sent, a minimum of fourteen days before the meeting, to all members.

85. (ii) All Councils in Districts/Inspectorates shall send to the District Grand Secretary/Inspectorate Secretary a copy of the Summons for every regular and emergency meeting of the Council at the same time as it is issued to the members.

85. (iii) All Councils designated Unattached shall send to the Grand Secretary a copy of the Summons for every regular and emergency meeting at the same time as it is issued to the members.

85. (iv) No meeting shall be held on a Sunday or on Good Friday or Christmas Day. Should the specified date of a regular meeting fall on one of these days, or on a public holiday, the meeting may be held on such day, not more than 14 days before or after the regular day, as the Master may determine, which day shall for all purposes be deemed the regular day of meeting.

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85. (v) If in any Council it should become impracticable or inconvenient to hold the regular meeting upon the day named in the by-laws for that purpose, the Grand Master, or in a District the District Grand Prefect, or in an Inspectorate the Grand Inspector, may grant a dispensation for the holding of such meeting upon a day which, in the absence of special circumstances, shall not be more than fourteen days before or after that fixed by the by-laws, which day shall for all purposes be deemed the regular day of meeting.

86. No regular meeting of a Council may be cancelled, or held otherwise than at the prescribed place and on the prescribed day, except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, and not more than one meeting may be held on one day. No meeting of a Council may be adjourned, but consideration of any matter of business may by resolution be postponed for consideration at a later meeting.

87. An Emergency Meeting of a Council may only be called by order of the Master, or, in his absence, the Senior Warden, or, in his absence, the Junior Warden. The business to be transacted at such Council shall be stated in the summons, and no other business shall be transacted.

88. No Council shall be opened unless six Brethren are present in addition to a Tyler, and no business shall be transacted at a meeting unless at least three members of that Council are present, but an entry of the meeting shall be made in the minute book. Any items of business on the agenda for such meeting, other than the election or installation of a Master, may be considered at the next meeting of the Council. If the meeting in question be the election or installation meeting a special report shall be made to the Grand Master, or the District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector, and his direction taken as to the course to be pursued.

89. (i)

A Council shall keep a minute book in which the Secretary shall regularly enter a record of all business transacted or considered at each meeting of the Council, and in particular the names of Brethren introduced, received and admitted, or elected to be introduced, received and admitted, or elected as joining or rejoining members, at any meeting, with the names of their proposers and seconders, and all particulars required for the purpose of returns under Regulation 90.

Temporary Change of Date of Council

Cancellation of Meetings of Council

Emergency Meetings of Council

Council Meeting Quorum

Council Minutes

89. (ii) The names of all members present at each meeting of the Council, together with those of all visiting Brethren, with their Councils and rank in the Order, shall also be entered in the minute book.

89. (iii) Minutes can only be confirmed at a regular meeting of the Council.

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ending on 31 August. With such return shall be transmitted the Annual Dues payable by the Council in respect of every Brother who has been a subscribing member of the Council during any part of the preceding twelve­ months period, whether or not such member shall be in arrears.

90. (ii) This list shall also show the names of all Brethren who have ceased to be subscribing members of the Council during such year, stating whether by reason of death, resignation, cessation, exclusion, or election to Honorary Membership.

90. (iii) Each Council shall also, immediately after any Brother has become a member of such Council, make a return together with the appropriate fee to the Grand Secretary showing the names, and address of such Brother, and also in the case of a Brother who has been introduced, received and admitted, the name and number of at least one regular Craft Lodge, Mark Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter of which he is, or has been, a subscribing member or an honorary member or a serving Brother, or in the case of a joining member the number of some regular Council of which he is or has been a member or, if he has never been a member of a regular Council, then the name and number of some Council working the Ritual under a recognised Constitution to which he belongs or has belonged.

90. (iv) Each Council shall also, immediately after any Brother has been admitted to all of the following Degrees: Knight of Constantinople, Grand Tilers of Solomon, Red Cross of Babylon, and Grand High Priest, make a return to the Grand Secretary showing the names, of the Council(s) in which and dates on which the respective Degrees were received.

90. (v) No Brother elected as a joining or rejoining member of a Council shall be deemed to be a subscribing member until he shall have paid the fee for joining or rejoining.

91. (i) Every Council shall annually, immediately after the installation of the Master, make a return to the Grand Secretary of the Master, Senior Warden, and Junior Warden.

91. (ii) In District Grand Councils, Inspectorates similar returns shall also be made to the District Grand Secretary, Inspectorate Secretary.

92. (i) Councils in District Grand Councils, Inspectorates shall, in addition to the returns to be made to the Grand Secretary, make similar returns to the District Grand Secretary, Inspectorate Secretary and transmit therewith all monies payable to the District Grand Council, Inspectorate.

92. (ii) In a District/Inspectorate all returns, fees for Grand Council required

by Regulation 145, and also any other monies due to Grand Council, shall, if the Grand Master so direct, be sent or paid to the District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector, who shall transmit the same to the Grand Secretary.

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93. (i)

Should a Council fail to make any returns or payments to Grand Council for the space of six months after the same are due, the Executive Committee may admonish, fine, or suspend such Council, or any Officer or member thereof responsible for the default, or may recommend that such Council be erased or such Officer or member be expelled from the Order.

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93. (ii) A District Grand Prefect, Grand Inspector shall have such like powers in case of failure to make returns or payments to a District Grand Council, Inspectorate.

94. Should a Brother be deprived of the privileges of the Order through the neglect of a Council in not making the necessary returns, or not remitting the fees to Grand Council, he shall, on producing the required proof to competent authority, be entitled to all such privileges, and the offending Council shall be reported to the Executive Committee.

95. (i)

All monies due to, or held for, the Council shall be paid or remitted to the Treasurer, who shall without undue delay deposit the same in an account in the name of the Council at a bank to be approved by resolution of the Council.

95. (ii) The Treasurer shall make such payments as are duly authorised, or have been sanctioned by the Council. All cheques must bear the signature of the Treasurer and (unless the Council resolves to the contrary) of at least one other member authorised by the Council.

95. (iii) The Treasurer shall regularly enter a complete record of all monies passing through his hands in the proper books of account, which shall be the property of the Council, and which, together with all Council funds and property in his possession, shall be transferred to his successor upon investiture.

95. (iv) The Treasurer shall prepare a statement of accounts annually, at a date to be determined by the members, showing the exact financial position of the Council, which statement shall be verified and audited by at least two members of the Council annually elected for that purpose. Copies of the accounts and of the certificate signed by the members, so elected, that all balances have been checked and that the accounts have been duly audited shall be sent to all members of the Council with the summons convening the meeting at which they are to be considered and, following the approval and adoption of the audited statement of accounts by the Council at least one copy thereof shall be transmitted to the District Grand Secretary, Inspectorate Secretary who shall forward it to the District Grand Treasurer, or Inspectorate Treasurer for verification. In the case of Councils not under Districts or Inspectorates, one copy of the audited statement of accounts shall be sent to the Grand Secretary.

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95. (v) The books of accounts shall be produced for inspection in open Council at such meetings, and on any other occasion if required by a resolution of the Council. The same procedure of annual accounts, audit and presentation to members of the Council shall, subject to any necessary amendments, be followed in relation to any other funds maintained by or in connection with the Council, whether by the Treasurer or other Officer, and whether relating to General or Charitable purposes or otherwise.

95. (vi) The Council may by resolution authorise the Treasurer, but on no pretence any other Brother, to make payments from the Council’s account by electronic means; in the absence of any such resolution all payments from Council funds shall be made by cash or by cheque.

95. (vii) The Council shall each year at the Installation Meeting elect two subscribing members of the Council (other than the Treasurer, Worshipful Master, Wardens, and the Secretary) to act as auditors.

96. A Council may appoint one or more Committees for the purpose of considering and reporting to the Council on any matters connected with the management of its affairs, or the suitability of candidates proposed for reception or joining, but no such Committee shall have any executive powers unless the same have been conferred on it by resolution of the Council.

97. (i) When any Master Mason, who has been Advanced to the Degree of Mark Master Mason, and Exalted as a Companion in the Royal Arch, or a Brother of the Order is a candidate for membership of a Council the following particulars shall be sent to all members of the Council seven clear days before the meeting at which he is to come up for election: (a) In all instances: (i) Full name (ii) Date of Birth (iii) Place or places of abode (iv) Names of Proposer and Seconder, both of whom must be subscribing members of the Council or Honorary Members who are Past Masters of the Council. (b) In the case of a Candidate for Introduction, Reception and Admission: (i) Name and number of the Craft Lodge in which the candidate was Raised, together with the date of Raising and his current Rank. (ii) Name and number of the Mark Lodge in which the candidate was Advanced, together with the date of Advancement and his current Rank. (iii) Name and number of the Royal Arch Chapter in which the candidate was Exalted, together with the date of Exaltation and his current Rank.

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(c) In the case of a Candidate for Joining or Re-joining: (i) Name(s) and number(s) of all Councils of which the candidate is or has been a subscribing member, or an honorary member, or a serving Brother and his current Rank. (ii) Or if he has never been a member of a regular Council then the name and number of a Council working the Ritual under some recognised Constitution, to which he belongs or has belonged.

97. (ii) (a) A candidate cannot be received, introduced and admitted into the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr unless he is a Master Mason, a Mark Master Mason and a Royal Arch Mason.

Whenever possible, candidates for the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr should go through the ceremony individually.

However, when deemed necessary, candidates may be received in multiple numbers, save that no more than five candidates may be introduced in any one ceremony except by Dispensation from the Grand Master. (b) A candidate cannot be admitted to the degree of Knight of Constantinople, or admitted into the degree of Masons Elect of Twenty-Seven and created a Grand Tiler of Solomon, or constituted and created a Knight of the Illustrious Order of the Red Cross of Babylon, or admitted and anointed, consecrated and set apart to the Holy Office of Grand High Priest unless he has been received, introduced and admitted into the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr. (c) The degrees of Knight of Constantinople, Grand Tilers of Solomon, Red Cross of Babylon, and Grand High Priest may be taken in any order.

97. (iii) A candidate may receive the degree of Knight of Constantinople, Grand Tilers of Solomon, Knight of the Red Cross of Babylon, or Grand High Priest in a Council other than the one in which he received the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr, with the acquiescence of the Masters of the two Councils concerned.

97. (iv) When a Brother is a candidate for the degrees Knight of Constantinople, or Grand Tilers of Solomon, or the Red Cross of Babylon, or Grand High Priest, the following particulars shall be sent to all members of the Council at which he is due to take the degree seven clear days before the meeting: (a) the date of his admission into the Order. (b) the name and number of the Council in which he was admitted into the Order, if different from the Council in which he is to be a candidate.

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98. (i)

A person shall not be accepted as a candidate for reception or for joining or re-joining unless he has been proposed and seconded.

98. (ii) No person shall be received in a Council, other than that in which he has been proposed and elected without the special dispensation of the Grand Master.

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98. (iii) A candidate for reception shall produce: (a) his Grand Lodge Certificate as a Master Mason or a Certificate from the Secretary of the Lodge in which he was Raised; (b) his Grand Lodge Certificate as a Mark Master Mason or a Certificate from the Secretary of the Lodge in which he was Advanced; (c) his Grand Chapter Certificate as a Royal Arch Mason or a Certificate from the Scribe Ezra of the Chapter in which he was Exalted.

98. (iv) A candidate for joining a Council shall produce his Grand Council Certificate or a Certificate from the Secretary of the Council in which he was received. Should such Certificate be from a body other than the Grand Council, the Secretary of the Council shall, before the ballot is taken, satisfy himself that the body granting the Certificate is recognised

by Grand Council, as the case may be, and in case of doubt shall make any necessary inquiries of the District Grand Secretary, Inspectorate Secretary, or the Grand Secretary.

98. (v) A candidate for joining or re-joining shall also produce to the Secretary a Clearance Certificate from every regular Council of which he is or has been a member, provided that such Council is still working.

Candidate’s Declaration when Joining from another Constitution

99. A candidate for joining from another Constitution who is not already registered on the books of Grand Council, shall before the ballot is taken sign the following declaration: To the Master, Wardens and Members of the ......................................

Council of Allied Masonic Degrees, No .........

I, ........................................., do declare that should I be admitted as a member of the above Council, I hereby solemnly pledge myself to maintain and uphold the authority and dignity of the Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas, to pay strict obedience to its Constitutions and Regulations, and to conform to all the Antient usages and established customs of the Order.

I further solemnly promise to submit to, and observe, the by-laws of the Council from time to time made for its government.

Signed by my hand, this.................. day of ....................... 20......

Witnessed by ....................................

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100. If, on a ballot, two black balls shall appear against a candidate for reception, joining, or re-joining, he shall not be admitted.

Every private Council has the power to diminish this number by its by-laws: provided that if less than five members vote when the ballot is taken, a single black ball shall exclude.

101. (i) Should a candidate elected for reception not attend for reception within one year, his election shall be void, as shall be the election of a Brother as a joining or re-joining member if he shall not have paid the requisite fee within one year of his election.

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101. (ii) For the purpose of this rule “a year” shall mean the period from the meeting at which the candidate was elected, up to and including the corresponding meeting of the Council in the next year. Should the election be at an emergency meeting, the year shall commence to run from the succeeding regular meeting.

102. (i) A Brother who has rendered good service to a Council or to the Order may be elected an Honorary Member of a Council. His name must be proposed and seconded in open Council and must appear on the summons for the following meeting at which he must be balloted for, and two black balls shall exclude. Should the Brother be a member of the Council concerned, acceptance by him of Honorary Membership shall be deemed notice of immediate resignation.

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102. (ii) An Honorary Member may attend the Council as such, but he shall not hold any office therein, or vote, or propose or second any resolution, provided that if he is a Past Master of the Council he may propose or second a candidate.

102. (iii) An Honorary Member shall pay no subscription, but shall remain liable for any arrears of subscription at the date of his election as an Honorary Member. No dues shall be payable by the Council in respect of an Honorary Member for any period after the year of his election as such, nor shall his name be shown on any return save in respect of dues accrued before that date, or as required by Regulation 90.

103. No dues shall be payable by a Council in respect of a Tyler who is not a subscribing member of such Council.

104. (i) A Brother on reception, or a Brother joining from another Constitution, shall be presented with a current copy of the Book of Constitutions and Regulations; and subsequently a Certificate of registration in the Books of Grand Council, for which Certificate and registration the Council shall pay to Grand Council the prescribed fee. A Brother to whom a Grand Council Certificate is granted must sign his name in the margin thereof, or it will not be valid.

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104. (ii) A Brother’s Grand Council Certificate should be presented to him in open Council, and the fact entered on the minutes, but, in cases where this cannot conveniently be done, the Certificate shall be sent to him by registered post or by recorded delivery, and the Secretary shall report the fact at the next regular meeting of the Council so that it be duly recorded.

104. (iii) Should a Certificate be lost or destroyed, of which satisfactory proof must be adduced, the Grand Secretary may issue a duplicate on payment of the prescribed fee.

105. A Brother may give notice of resignation of his membership either in open Council or by letter or email to the Secretary, and such notice, unless withdrawn, shall take effect as from the date on which it is given, unless the notice itself states some later date in the current Council year.

A notice by letter or email may be withdrawn prior to its communication to the Council, and if when notice of resignation is communicated to the Council, whether by the member or the Secretary, the Council pass a resolution asking for its withdrawal, it may be withdrawn at or before the next regular meeting of the Council. Provided that if notice has been served on a member under Regulation 127 that a complaint against him will be considered by the Council, no subsequent notice of resignation shall (a) take effect until after the date of the meeting called for the consideration of the complaint; (b) prevent the Council from considering the complaint and, if thought fit, passing a resolution for the permanent exclusion of the member; (c) be withdrawn unless the Council at such meeting passes a resolution asking for its withdrawal.

106. Should a Brother behave in such a manner as to disturb the harmony of the meeting of a Council, he shall be formally admonished by the Master. Should he persist in his irregular conduct, he shall be punished by exclusion for the remainder of the meeting, and the matter may be reported to the District Grand Prefect, Grand Inspector or, in the case of an Unattached Council, the Grand Secretary.

107. (i) Should a member be two years in arrears, he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Council, and can only become a member again by regular proposition and ballot according to Regulations 97 to 101. This Regulation shall apply also where the by-laws provide that a member shall be excluded if he is in arrears for a shorter period than two years. If the by-laws provide that in such case he may be excluded, then the Council may at any time when a member is in arrears for the stated period exclude him by resolution, and no prior notice to the members of the Council of such resolution shall be necessary. In all cases where a member may become liable to cessation or exclusion under this rule it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Council to send to him, at least fourteen days before the date when he may become liable to cessation or exclusion, a letter by registered post or by recorded delivery, plainly marked “Private and Confidential” warning him that unless the arrears or a sufficient part thereof, are paid by such date he will be, or may be, 172

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excluded, and unless that has been done the Brother may apply to the District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector or the Executive Committee, who may, notwithstanding anything in these Regulations or the bylaws, order that the Brother be reinstated on payment of all arrears.

107. (ii) Provided also that in time of war the Grand Master may direct that subscriptions shall be excused, or arrears remitted, in the case of a Brother who is on active service, or a prisoner of war, or in enemy occupied country. Such direction may be given either as to individual Brethren or as to classes of Brethren.

107. (iii) No dues shall be payable by a Council in respect of Brethren whose subscriptions are so excused and where arrears are remitted, dues paid in respect of the periods to which such arrears relate shall be refunded to the Council.

108. The Secretary of a Council shall (a) if so required by a member grant a certificate stating that he is a member and whether or not he is indebted to the Council; (b) if so required by an ex-member grant a certificate stating the circumstances of the termination of his membership, whether at the date of such termination he was indebted to the Council, and if so whether such indebtedness has since been discharged. Any such certificate shall be dated, and either handed to the Brother or sent by registered post or by recorded delivery in an envelope plainly marked “Private and Confidential”. No other form of certificate shall be given by a Council or any Officer thereof.

109. (i) Should the Grand Master or Deputy Grand Master visit a private Council, he shall have the right to preside.

109. (ii) A District Grand Prefect or his Deputy, or a Grand Inspector or his Assistant Inspector, shall have a like right when visiting a Council in his District/Inspectorate.

109. (iii) The Grand Master and the Grand Secretary each have the right to depute one or more Grand Officers to visit a private Council who shall have the right to attend the Council and speak therein.

109. (iv) A District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector shall have the right to depute one or more District Grand Officers/Inspectorate Officers to visit a private Council in his District/Inspectorate who shall have the right to attend the Council and speak therein.

110. (i) A visitor to a Council shall give the name and number of some Council, which may be a Council working the Ritual under any recognised Constitution, of which he is a subscribing member, or if he is not a subscribing member of any such Council, shall describe himself as “unattached”. An unattached Brother may not visit the same Council on more than one occasion.

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110. (ii) A visitor shall not be admitted into a Council unless he be vouched for by one of the Brethren present, or shall have produced his certificate, and, after due examination, shall have proved himself a member of the Order. Should any doubt arise as to the regularity of his reception, he shall not be admitted.

110. (iii) It is within the power of the Master of every Council to refuse admission to any visitor whose presence he has reason to believe will disturb the harmony of the Council.

110. (iv) A visitor, during his presence in the Council, is subject to its bylaws, and cannot address the Council, save by permission, and he shall withdraw from the Council should the Master so direct.

111. If any Council shall pledge its jewels or furniture or any part thereof, or permit or suffer any charge or lien to be created or to arise thereon, it shall become liable to suspension or erasure.

112. (i) A proposal for the surrender of the Warrant of a Council must be set out, with the names of the proposer and seconder, in a summons dispatched to members not less than fourteen days before the date of the meeting at which such proposal is to be considered. If such resolution is carried by a majority of those voting, a report of the proceedings shall be forwarded to the Grand Master, in a District Grand Council through the District Grand Prefect, or in an Inspectorate through the Grand Inspector, and the Grand Master shall decide whether he will accept the surrender of the Warrant, or whether the Council shall continue, and if so under any and what conditions. Provided that members unable to attend the meeting may by letter inform the Secretary of the Council whether they support or oppose the proposal for the surrender of the Warrant, and any such letters shall be forwarded to the Grand Master with the above mentioned report.

112. (ii) Should the number of members of a Council at any time become less than three the Council shall cease to meet save by dispensation from the Grand Master, and after the expiration of six months the Council shall become extinct and be erased unless the Grand Master otherwise directs.

112. (iii) Should a Council fail to meet for one year, it shall be liable to be erased.

113. (i) Should two or more Councils pass resolutions desiring amalgamation the Grand Master may give effect to such desire, either by granting a new Warrant, which may be ante-dated to a date not earlier than that of the earliest Warrant of the Councils concerned, or by directing that certain of the Councils shall cease to exist and that their members shall, if they so desire, automatically become members of the surviving Council on such conditions as he may think fit. The Grand Master may give 174

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directions as to change of the name or number of a Council, disposal of Council property, and any other matter incidental to such amalgamation.

113. (ii) The provision of Regulation 112 shall apply to resolutions for amalgamation.

114. Upon the dissolution of a Council, the Warrant, together with all the books and papers relating to the affairs of the Council, must be delivered up to the Grand Master. Its other property shall be disposed of as the Council may, prior to its dissolution, have resolved, or in default of or subject to any such resolution, as the Grand Master may direct. A Warrant cannot in any circumstances be transferred.

115. (i) A Council which has completed one hundred years of uninterrupted existence shall be entitled to receive a centenary warrant, provided that at least one meeting of the Council shall have been held, or deemed to have been held, in each of the one hundred years of its uninterrupted existence.

115. (ii) An application for the grant of a centenary warrant may be submitted to the Executive Committee for approval by the Grand Master not more than four months before the date on which the one hundred years of uninterrupted existence shall have been completed.

115. (iii) The fee for a centenary warrant shall be as prescribed in Regulation 145.

115. (iv) Every subscribing member of a Council to which a centenary warrant has been granted may wear a commemorative centenary jewel of the design prescribed by Regulation 150.

116. (i) A Council which has completed fifty years of uninterrupted existence shall be entitled to receive a jubilee warrant, provided that at least one meeting of the Council shall have been held, or deemed to have been held, in each of the fifty years of its uninterrupted existence.

116. (ii) An application for the grant of a jubilee warrant may be submitted to the Executive Committee for approval by the Grand Master not more than four months before the date on which fifty years of uninterrupted existence shall have been completed.

116. (iii) The fee for a jubilee warrant shall be as prescribed in Regulation 145.

116. (iv) Every subscribing member of a Council to which a jubilee warrant has been granted may wear a commemorative jubilee jewel of the design prescribed by Regulation 150.

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SECTION F Membership of Executive Committee

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 117. (i) The Executive Committee shall consist of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Senior Warden, Grand Junior Warden, Grand Treasurer, Grand Registrar, President of the Executive Committee, Grand Director of Ceremonies, and four other members, all of whom shall be Masters or Past Masters of Councils, two of such members being appointed as requisite by the Grand Master at the Annual Meeting of Grand Council, the remaining two being elected by ballot by the members of Grand Council present at the same meeting. Vacancies on the Executive Committee may be filled as directed by the Grand Master.

117. (ii) Each of the two appointed members may be appointed for a period of up to five years, and may be re-appointed for a similar period of up to five years.

117. (iii) A member who has served two consecutive periods of appointment shall not be eligible for a further period of appointment until twelve months after the ending of his second period of appointment.

117. (iv) Each of the two elected members shall be elected for a period of three years and may be re-elected for two further consecutive terms each of up to three years.

Election of Members of Executive Committee

118. (i) Nomination papers for candidates for election to the Executive Committee shall be signed by not fewer than three members of Grand Council as proposers, and shall show the rank in the Order and the Council or Councils of the candidate and his proposers.

Nomination papers shall be delivered to the Grand Secretary not later than 31 July.

118. (ii) In the event of more than two candidates being nominated, their names and those of their proposers shall be printed on voting lists which shall be delivered to all members attending Grand Council. Scrutineers shall be nominated by the Presiding Officer and be pledged to make a correct report as to the result of the ballot. The ballot shall be opened one hour before the time fixed for the meeting of Grand Council and shall remain open for such time, not less than one hour, as the Presiding Officer may direct. In case of equality the Presiding Officer shall have a casting vote.

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119. The Executive Committee shall elect one of its members to be VicePresident.

120. (i) A meeting of the Executive Committee may be convened by command of the Grand Master, or by the President.

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120. (ii) Should the President and Vice-President be absent, the Executive Committee shall name one of its members to preside.

120. (iii) Three members shall constitute an Executive Committee except when considering masonic complaints, disputes or matters of discipline, when five members must be present.

121. Except as otherwise expressly directed by resolution of Grand Council or by these Regulations the Executive Committee shall have the control and regulation of all the business of Grand Council, and in particular the Executive Committee:

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121. (i) Shall have the direction of everything relating to the furniture, and other property of Grand Council.

121. (ii) Shall have control of the finances of Grand Council, examine all demands thereon, and authorise payment of the same.

121. (iii) Shall conduct the correspondence between Grand Council and its subordinate Councils and Brethren.

121. (iv) Communications with other Sovereign Grand Councils or with Councils, or Brethren of recognised Constitutions, shall be conducted by the Grand Secretary under the direction of the Grand Master, and be reported to the Executive Committee.

122. The Executive Committee shall make a report to Grand Council, which shall set out any proposals for the good of the Order, and any other matters which in the opinion of the Executive Committee should be communicated to Grand Council. Copies of such report shall be distributed as provided in Regulation 10.

123. The Executive Committee may appoint Committees for such purposes it may deem proper, but no such Committees shall have any executive powers unless they are expressly given to them by resolution of the Executive Committee.

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124. Recommendations, petitions, memorials and representations to the Executive Committee can only be received in writing and signed by the Brother or other person addressing the Executive Committee.

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125. Official communications from the Executive Committee shall be made in writing.

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126. All transactions and resolutions of the Executive Committee shall be duly recorded in the minute book.

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SECTION G COMPLAINTS, IRREGULARITIES, DISPUTES AND APPEALS 127. (i) Complaints and Irregularities A District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector shall hear and determine all subjects of Masonic complaint or irregularity respecting Councils or individual Brethren within his District or Inspectorate. He shall send to the Grand Secretary a report, stating the complaint or alleged irregularity, and any circumstances relevant thereto, and his decision thereon.

127. (ii) The Executive Committee shall have the same Powers in regard to all subjects of complaint or irregularity, (a) respecting Councils or Brethren not within a District; (b) relating to returns to Grand Council, payments in respect of such returns or in respect of unattached Councils or such Brethren as it shall deem appropriate for it to deal with.

127. (iii) A District Grand Prefect or the Executive Committee may in any such case admonish or suspend an offending Council, or an Officer or member thereof, or an offending Brother, subject to an appeal to an Appeals Panel convened in accordance with Regulation 135 (iii).

127. (iv) Report of Criminal Action Notwithstanding the reporting of matters under Regulation 128 it is the duty of a District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector to report to the Grand Secretary each custodial sentence (immediate or suspended) and any sentence in respect of dishonesty, violence, or moral turpitude imposed by any civil power, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, on a member of a Council within his District or Inspectorate. And it is his duty to report to the Grand Secretary other conduct which is likely to bring the Order into disrepute.

128. A Brother sentenced by any civil power whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere to a custodial sentence (immediate or suspended) or any sentence in respect of an offence of dishonesty, violence or moral turpitude shall report the same within 28 days to the Master of his Council or, if he be Unattached, to the Grand Secretary.

129. (i) Suspension of Members Subject to the provisions of Regulation 127 the Executive Committee may for just cause suspend any Council or any Brother from any or all of his activities within the Order. A District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector may likewise suspend any Council or any Brother from any or all activities within the Order in such District or Inspectorate.

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129. (ii) If a Council is suspended it shall remain liable to Grand Council (and District Grand Council, if applicable) for the payment of all dues in respect of its members. Each member shall pay a sum necessary to cover payment of his dues and a proportional part of any other expenses incurred by the Council, and notwithstanding such suspension the Officers of the Council shall take any steps necessary for the payment of dues and other 178

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necessary expenses of the Council and the collection of contributions from its members, and the making of any necessary returns. During the period of suspension, no member or Officer shall be entitled to any privilege of the Order by virtue of membership of such Council.

129. (iii) If a Brother is suspended he shall nevertheless remain liable for payment of subscriptions to all Councils of which he is a member, as well as any other sums due to such Councils, but shall have the right to resign from any or all of such Councils.

130. (i) If a District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector, or the Executive Committee, should be of the opinion that the conduct of a Council has been of such a character as to merit erasure, he or they shall either with or without imposing any other penalty, refer the matter to Grand Council with a recommendation that the Council be erased. In all such cases the Master and Wardens of the Council shall be given due notice by the Grand Secretary to appear before Grand Council or submit a written statement to show cause why Grand Council should not act on such recommendation, before any resolution is moved for the erasure of the Council.

130. (ii) Provided always that Grand Council shall have power to order erasure, even if no such recommendation has been made, but unless a representative of the Council is present the question of erasure shall be adjourned to a subsequent meeting of Grand Council and the Master and Wardens of the Council be given notice to show cause why an order should not be made for erasure.

130. (iii) If a District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector, or the Executive Committee should be of the opinion that the conduct of a Brother has been of such a character as to merit expulsion, he or they shall, either with or without imposing any other penalty, refer the matter to an Appeals Panel as set out in, and operating in accordance with, Regulation 134 (ii) below with a recommendation that the Brother be expelled from the Order.

130. (iv) A District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector or the Grand Secretary or an Appeals Panel may recommend to the Executive Committee that a Brother be invited to resign from the Order. The Executive Committee after receiving such a recommendation or on its own motion may direct that the Brother in question be invited to resign from the Order.

130. (v) (a) If the Executive Committee direct that a Brother be invited to resign from the Order the Grand Secretary shall notify the Brother in writing. (b) Such resignation shall take effect forthwith and shall be in writing signed by the Brother concerned and shall be delivered to the Grand Secretary not later than 28 days after delivery to the Brother of the notice of invitation to resign (or within such longer period as the Grand Secretary may allow).

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(c) The resignation shall specifically refer to Regulation 130 (iv) and shall be accompanied by the Brother’s Grand Council Certificate. (d) If the Brother so requests in his resignation the Grand Secretary (subject to any conditions imposed by him) may waive delivery of such Certificate. (e) The Grand Secretary shall forthwith notify the resignation to the Secretary of each Council of which the Brother was a member. Where applicable such notification shall be made to the relevant District Grand Prefect or Grand Inspector. (f) If the Brother so invited to resign shall fail to comply with any requirement of or any condition imposed under this Regulation the invitation to resign shall thereby be withdrawn and the Grand Secretary shall refer the matter to the Executive Committee in accordance with Regulation 127 (ii) for further consideration.

131. (i) It is acknowledged that, notwithstanding the obligations of a Freemason are lifetime obligations, circumstances may arise when a Brother wishes to resign voluntarily from the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees. If such arises, a Brother may apply to the Grand Secretary, indicating his wish to resign, naming all the Councils in the Order of which he is a member, and fully stating his reasons for wishing to resign and enclosing his Grand Council Certificate(s). Upon receipt of any such request, it will be placed before the Grand Master who shall have the sole and absolute discretion to accept or reject any such request. If any such request is granted, the same shall take effect from the date of receipt by the Grand Secretary. The Grand Secretary shall notify the Brother within 30 days as to whether or not his request has been granted.

131. (ii) If a Brother has resigned under (i) above, he may at any time thereafter apply to the Grand Secretary with a request that his resignation be rescinded and the Grand Master may rescind the same on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit. If the Grand Master rescinds the Brother’s resignation, he shall immediately be restored to the rank and position he held immediately before his resignation, provided that he shall not be restored to a rank above that of Past Master unless the Grand Master specifically orders.

131. (iii) Any request by a Brother to resign or to rescind his resignation under this Regulation and any response by the Grand Secretary on behalf of the Grand Master must be in writing and contain a specific reference to this Regulation.

132. (i) The Executive Committee may summon the Officers of a Council to attend and produce the Warrant, books, papers and accounts thereof, and to answer questions relative to its affairs, or a Brother to attend and produce his Certificate and to answer questions regarding his conduct. A District Grand Prefect shall have similar powers with regard to a Council or Brother 180

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within his District. Provided that if by reason of distance or other sufficient cause personal attendance would impose great difficulty, it shall suffice if the Council or Brother send the documents required, and answer in writing questions put by the Executive Committee or the District Grand Prefect.

132. (ii) If the summons be not complied with, and no sufficient reason given for non-compliance, the Council or its Officers, or the Brother, may be suspended, and the proceedings reported to Grand Council.

133. (i) Should any Masonic question, dispute, or difference arise which cannot be settled between the parties thereto, any party may apply in writing for its determination: (a) If such question, dispute or difference arises in a place not within a District, to the Grand Secretary who shall lay the matter before the Executive Committee. (b) If such question arises in a District, to the District Grand Secretary who shall lay the matter before the District Grand Prefect.

133. (ii) The decision of the Executive Committee or of a District Grand Prefect shall be binding on all parties, subject to an appeal to the Appeals Panel.

133. (iii) In any such case a District Grand Prefect shall send to the Grand Secretary a report showing the nature of the question, dispute or difference, with any circumstances relevant thereto, and his decision thereon.

134. (i) Notwithstanding any provisions in Regulations 127 to 133, the Grand Master may direct that any matter shall be determined by Grand Council, an Appeals Panel or by a named District Grand Prefect, or by the Executive Committee, or by a special Tribunal appointed by him with such powers as he may deem appropriate, and there shall be no appeal against such direction.

134. (ii) An Appeals Panel shall consider all matters relating to an Appeal including, but not limited to inviting both the complainant and the respondent to either appear before the Panel in person or to submit evidence in writing. The Appeals Panel shall submit a report of its decision in each case to the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary who shall be responsible for ensuring the decision is implemented.

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specified act or acts pending the hearing and decision of the matter, but in any such case a report of such action and the reason therefore shall be made forthwith to the Grand Secretary. For the purposes of this Regulation, Competent Authority means the Executive Committee or any committee of the Executive Committee that has been duly authorised.

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135. (i) Any Council or Brother feeling aggrieved by the decision of a District Grand Prefect, the Executive Committee, or any other Body or Authority in the Order whatsoever, may appeal against such a decision within twenty-one days to an Appeals Panel. The appeal must be made in writing, specifying the particular grievance complained of and the grounds of appeal, and be transmitted, together with all documentary evidence, including any report of oral evidence, to the Grand Secretary accompanied by a certificate that notices and copies of the appeal have been sent by the appellant to the Authority against whose decision the appeal is made, and also to the opposite party, and on the hearing of the appeal the proof of the service of the notices and the copies of appeal shall, unless admitted, be upon the appellant. Such notices shall be considered duly served if proved to have been sent by registered letter or recorded delivery to the last known address of the Brother or Brethren concerned or to the Secretary of the Council, or as may be directed by the Grand Master. No appeal can be received unless couched in proper and respectful language.

135. (ii) Any other party affected may, and if so directed by the Executive Committee shall, submit a like statement with copies of any additional evidence which such a party may wish to advance, and the appellant may submit a statement in reply. No evidence shall be adduced by a party other than that given before the Authority appealed from without the leave of an Appeals Panel.

Appeals Panel

135. (iii) (a) An Appeals Panel shall consist of not less than three members appointed by the Grand Master as and when required for the purpose of hearing appeals under 127 (iii). Members of the Executive Committee shall be eligible for appointment to membership of an Appeals Panel. Each Appeals Panel shall, at its first meeting, appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Panel. (b) A quorum of an Appeals Panel shall normally be three, at least one of whom shall be legally trained. In the event of equality the presiding member for the time being shall have a second or casting vote. In the event of an emergency the quorum may be reduced to not less than two members one of whom shall be legally trained. (c) The Chairman of an Appeals Panel, after consultation with the Grand Secretary, shall decide the time and place of each appeal and reference and the constitution of the Panel. (d) In so far as these Regulations do not provide an Appeals Panel shall decide the procedure to be adopted for each appeal and reference.

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(e) For the purpose of these Regulations an Appeals Panel is a ‘competent authority’ and an ‘authority’. (f) On any Appeal an Appeals Panel may confirm or reverse or vary the decision being considered by increasing or reducing the penalty and in relation to a Brother may make a recommendation that the Brother be invited to resign under Regulation 130 (iv) or may pronounce the expulsion of a Brother, and in relation to a Council may make a recommendation to Grand Council under Regulation 130 (i) that a Council be erased. (g) On any reference to an Appeals Panel it may make such an order or report as may be just. (h) The decision of an Appeals Panel shall be final save that Grand Council alone shall have the power to erase, revise or reverse. (j) Should the circumstances so warrant an Appeals Panel may impose such penalty or penalties as it may think fit on any other party affected under Regulation 135 (ii). (k) Orders of suspension and exclusion shall continue pending appeal unless an Appeals Panel shall otherwise direct. (l) Any decision to suspend or expel a Brother by United Grand Lodge of England, Supreme Grand Chapter of England or any Order administered by Mark Masons’ Hall will ipso facto apply to membership of all of the other Orders administered by Mark Masons’ Hall.

135. (iv) If by reason of distance or other sufficient cause it is not practicable for a Brother or the Officers of a Council concerned in any complaint, appeal, or reference to attend at the consideration thereof, it shall be in order for the Brother of the Council to request an Officer of Grand Council to represent his or its interests at such consideration but there shall be no obligation on that member to comply with such request. No such representation shall be permitted by a person who is not a member of Grand Council.

136. In the case of any complaint, charge, dispute or appeal the Authority charged with its decision may give any directions as to interlocutory matters, and may also extend the time for doing any act, or excuse compliance with any requirement in these Regulations, if in its opinion no injustice will be caused thereby.

137. Grand Council, the Executive Committee, or a District Grand Prefect, may appoint a Committee consisting of one or more Brethren to investigate and report on any matter which may come before them respectively, and may adopt and act on such report wholly or in part.

A Committee appointed by a District Grand Prefect shall consist of a Brother or Brothers of his District unless in any case the Grand Master may be pleased to direct otherwise, but a Committee appointed by the Executive Committee need not consist of, or include, a member or members of that Committee.

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SECTION H Property

GENERAL REGULATIONS 138. (i) The property of Grand Council, a District Grand Council, Inspectorate or any private Council, not vested in special trustees, shall be held as set out below in trust for the members of the respective Councils.

138. (ii) In the case of Grand Council by the President and Vice­President of the Executive Committee.

138. (iii) In the case of a District Grand Council, Inspectorate by the District Grand Prefect, Grand Inspector and Deputy District Grand Prefect, Assistant Inspector.

138. (iv) In the case of a Private Council by the Master, Senior Warden and Junior Warden, unless the by-laws otherwise provide.

138. (v) Documents or other property in the possession or under the control of a Brother by virtue of his office in a Council shall be delivered to his successor in such office, or as the Master may direct. In case of dissolution of a Council such documents or other property shall be delivered to such person as the Council by resolution or, failing such resolution, as the Grand Master may direct.

139. No Council, or Executive Committee or Committee appointed by a Council or body of the Order, shall have power to pledge the credit of any Brother, nor shall it have power to pledge the funds of the body appointing it except in so far as such body has given such power expressly.

Production of Documentation

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140. Any body within the Order may by resolution require its minute books, books of account, or any other documents relating to its property or affairs which are in the custody or control of any of its Officers or members as such, to be produced for its inspection.

141. Where in these Constitutions and Regulations anything is to be done within a fixed number of days or weeks from the happening of any event, e.g., the receipt of a notice or the giving of a decision, the day on which such event happens shall not be counted. Where a notice is to be given a fixed number of days before a meeting, neither the day of posting the notice nor the day of the meeting shall be counted.

142. (i) Summonses, notices or other documents may be served by letter addressed to a Brother at his last known address, or when directed to a Council or the Master or Wardens of a Council by being addressed to the Secretary.

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Inspector, may give directions as to the method of service or if he think fit, give direction that services of any such summonses, notices or other documents be dispensed with.

142. (iii) Documents so addressed and dispatched shall be deemed to have been duly served.

143. A Brother shall not appear clothed in any of the jewels, collars, or badges of the Order at any public place unless the Grand Master or District Grand Prefect, or Grand Inspector, shall have previously given a dispensation.

144. No Brother shall publish the proceedings of any Council, or of any other body of the Order, without the leave of the Grand Master, or of the District Grand Prefect, Grand Inspector, but this prohibition shall not apply to publication to a superior Authority in the Order, or for any purpose authorised by these Regulations.

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SECTION J SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CONTRIBUTIONS Fees of Honour

145. Every Brother on first appointment to Grand Rank or to any corresponding past rank shall pay a fee of honour appropriate thereto as from time to time determined by Grand Council, provided that: 145. (i) on promotion to an office or rank for which a higher fee is appropriate he shall pay the difference between the fee payable for the former rank and that due for the higher rank.

145. (ii) on an appointment to an office or rank for which the same or lower fee is appropriate he shall pay no further fee.

145. (iii) The fees and dues payable to Grand Council for the financial year ending 31 August 2026 shall be as follows:

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Warrants Fee (£) (a) For a new Warrant.................................................................... At cost (b) For a Warrant of Confirmation................................................ At cost (c) For a Celebration Warrant........................................................ At cost Patents Fee (£) (e) For a District Grand Prefect..................................................... At cost (f) For a Patent of Confirmation................................................... At cost Dispensations Fee (incl. VAT) (£) (g) Council or Master Elect..............................................................30.00 (h) Dispensation (Nunc Pro Tunc)....................................................58.00 Any request for a dispensation received less than 21 days before it is required will be treated as a Nunc Pro Tunc dispensation and charged accordingly.

Registration Fee (incl. VAT) (£) (j) Annual Dues (1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026)................33.00 (k) Annual Dues – Installed Masters Councils.................................16.50 (l) Registration of a Brother on Reception......................................15.00 (m) Of a joining Brother not previously Registered..........................30.00 (n) A joining Brother already Registered.........................................23.00 (o) Registration of a founding member of a new Council being a Brother already Registered...............................................8.00 (p) Duplicate, replacement or amended Grand Council Certificate...................................................................................30.00

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145. (iv) Annual Dues The Annual Dues and Fees payable by each Council for each year ending 31 August in respect of every Brother who has been a subscribing member of that Council during any part of that year are due on 31 August of that year. They shall be such amounts as shall have been determined by resolution at Grand Council to take effect from 1 September following that Grand Council. The Executive Committee shall have power to vary any or all of the Dues and Fees payable by Councils Overseas.

145. (v) Value Added Tax The Standard current rate is payable on all fees and dues to Grand Council by Councils and all Brethren resident in the United Kingdom. Fees pertaining to members in the European Union will be advised accordingly.

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SECTION K INTERPRETATION, AMENDMENT AND COMING INTO FORCE OF REGULATIONS Interpretation

146. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: 146. (i) ‘Recognised Constitution’ a Supreme Grand Council of an Order working the Ritual which shall have been accorded recognition by Grand Council: 146. (ii) ‘Subscribing Member’ a member of a Council liable to pay a subscription, or a Secretary excused from paying a subscription by the bylaws in return for his services: 146. (iii) ‘Regular Craft Lodge of Freemasons’ a private Lodge under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England, or under the jurisdiction of any Grand Lodge which is recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England: 146. (iv) The section headings and the marginal headings do not form part of these Regulations: 146. (v) A ‘Chartered Accountant’ is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Amendments to the Constitutions and Regulations

Date of Implementation

Saving Clause

147. No additions to, or amendment of, these Constitutions and Regulations shall be made unless notice of such proposal has been sent out in the summons for the next regular meeting of Grand Council and the proposal considered and approved at such meeting. If it be desired to move an amendment to such a proposal notice in writing shall be given to the Executive Committee seven clear days before the next regular meeting of Grand Council. If the terms of the proposal appear in the minutes of the summons it shall not be necessary to set them out in full in the agenda of subsequent summonses, except in respect of any item covered by the original proposal which has been amended.

148. These Regulations shall come into force on 23 October 2001, and from that date shall replace and supersede any previous Regulations.

Provided that nothing in these Regulations shall render invalid any act done before such date in accordance with the Regulations then in force.

149. All matters affecting the government of the Order not expressly or implicitly provided for in these Regulations shall be determined according to the Constitutions and Regulations for the time being in force of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England which shall be applied subject to any necessary amendments so far as applicable to the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees.

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SECTION L REGALIA, CLOTHING, INSIGNIA, AND JEWELS JEWELS 150. (i) Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers Grand Officers, Present and Past shall wear suspended from a collar as detailed in Regulation 152 a jewel of gold or gilt consisting of a double circle with the words “G. C. Allied Masonic Degrees England”, with a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 2¾” in diameter. (Plate No. 1).

150. (ii) (a) Grand Master The Grand Master shall wear suspended from a collar as detailed in Regulation 152 or, when worn, a chain as detailed in Regulation 151, a jewel of gold or gilt consisting of a double circle with the words “G. C. Allied Masonic Degrees England”, with a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 2¾” in diameter, surmounted with the words “Grand Master”. (Plate No. 44). (b) Deputy Grand Master The Deputy Grand Master shall wear suspended from a collar as detailed in Regulation 152 or, when worn, a chain as detailed in Regulation 151, a jewel of gold or gilt consisting of a double circle with the words “G. C. Allied Masonic Degrees England”, with a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 2¾” in diameter, surmounted with the words “Deputy Grand Master”. (Plate No. 45).

150. (iii) Active Grand Officers Active Grand Officers when wearing a chain, as detailed in Regulation 151, shall wear suspended from it a jewel of gold or gilt, consisting of a double circle with the words “G. C. Allied Masonic Degrees England”, with the representation of a Gridiron in the middle on which is the emblem of office. The whole not to exceed 2¾” in diameter. While wearing a collar Active Grand Officers shall wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel of gold or gilt, consisting of a double circle, with the representation of a Gridiron in the middle, on which is the emblem of office as detailed below, the whole not to exceed 1⅝” in diameter. (Plate No. 2). (a) Grand Master The Compasses extended over an arc of 45°, with the segment of a circle at the points.

(Plate No. 3) (b) Deputy Grand Master The Compasses and Square.

(Plate No. 4) (c) District Grand Prefect, Past District Grand Prefects and Past Divisional Grand Prefects, Grand Inspectors and Past Grand Inspectors.

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(d) Grand Senior Warden The Level.

(Plate No. 6) (e) Grand Junior Warden The Plumb Rule.

(Plate No. 7) (f) Grand Chaplain An Open Book.

(Plate No. 8) (g) Grand Treasurer Crossed Keys.

(Plate No. 9) (h) Grand Registrar A Scroll with Seal appended.

(Plate No. 10) (i) President of the Executive Committee Seal of Grand Council.

(Plate No. 11) (j) Grand Secretary Two Crossed Pens.

(Plate No. 12) (k) Grand Director of Ceremonies Two Crossed Rods.

(Plate No. 13) (l) Grand Historiographer A Pen Surmounted on a Book.

(Plate No. 13a) (m) Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies Two Crossed Rods with ‘Deputy’ above.

(Plate No. 14) (n) Grand Senior Deacon Dove and Olive Branch.

(Plate No. 15) (o) Grand Junior Deacon Dove and Olive Branch.

(Plate No. 15) (p) Deputy Grand Secretary Two Crossed Pens with ‘Deputy’ above.

(Plate No. 16) (q) Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies Two Crossed Rods with ‘Assistant’ below.

(Plate No. 17) (r) Assistant Grand Chaplain An Open Book with ‘Assistant’ below.

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(s) Grand Sword Bearer Two Crossed Swords with points upwards.

(Plate No. 18) (t) Grand Standard Bearer Two Crossed Standards.

(Plate No. 19) (u) Assistant Grand Secretary Two Crossed Pens with ‘Assistant’ below.

(Plate No. 20) (v) Grand Organist Lyre.

(Plate No. 21) (v) Deputy Grand Organist Lyre with Deputy below.

(Plate No. 21) (w) Grand Inner Guard Two Crossed swords points downwards.

(Plate No. 22) (x) Grand Steward A Cornucopia.

(Plate No. 23) (y) Grand Tyler A Sword point downwards.

(Plate No. 24) 150. (iv) Past District Grand Prefects, Past Divisional Grand Prefects and Past Grand Inspectors Past District Grand Prefects, Past Divisional Grand Prefects and Past Grand Inspectors shall wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel of gold or gilt, consisting of a double circle with the name of the District, Inspectorate in green enamel on the lower part, and the representation of a Gridiron in the middle, on which is a Square with the Apex pointing downwards, the whole not to exceed 1⅞” in diameter. (Plate No. 5).

150. (v) District Grand Officers and Inspectorate Officers District Grand Officers shall wear suspended from a collar as detailed in Regulation 152 a jewel of silver consisting of a double circle with the name of the District, Inspectorate on the lower part, with a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 1⅞” in diameter.

(Plate No. 25).

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consisting of a double circle with the name of the District in green enamel on the lower part, with a representation of a Gridiron in the centre, the whole not to exceed 1⅞” in diameter.

(Plate No. 26).

150. (vii) Active District Grand Officers and Inspectorate Officers Active District Grand Officers and Inspectorate Officers may wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel of silver, consisting of a double circle, with the representation of a Gridiron in the middle, on which is the emblem of office being similar to that of a Grand Officer.

150. (viii) Holders of Allied Overseas Rank Shall wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel consisting of a pentagon, incorporating the logos of all of the degrees of the Order.

(Plate No. 27).

150. (ix) Master May wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel of base metal, consisting of a double circle, with a representation of a Gridiron in the middle, on which is a Square with apex pointing upwards, the whole not to exceed 1⅝” in diameter.

(Plate No. 28).

150. (x) Past Masters (a) Shall wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel consisting of a pentagon incorporating the logos of all the degrees of the Order. (Plate No. 27). (b) May wear suspended from a collar as detailed in Regulation 152 a jewel of silver or base metal consisting of a double circle, which may be inscribed with the name and number of the Council, with a representation of a Gridiron in the middle on which is a Square with apex pointing upwards and the diagram of the 47th proposition of the 1st Book of Euclid pendant within it. (Plate No. 30).

150. (xi) Officers of Councils Shall wear suspended from a collar as detailed in Regulation 152 a jewel of silver, consisting of a double circle on the lower part of which may be put the name and number of the Council, with a representation of a Gridiron in the middle, and on which is the emblem of Office, the whole not to exceed 2” in diameter. (a) Master A Square with the Apex pointing upwards.

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(b) Senior Warden The Level.

(Plate No. 6) (c) Junior Warden The Plumb Rule.

(Plate No. 7) (d) Chaplain An Open Book.

(Plate No. 8) (e) Treasurer Crossed Keys.

(Plate No. 9) (f) Secretary Two Crossed Pens.

(Plate No. 12) (g) Director of Ceremonies Two Crossed Rods.

(Plate No. 13) (h) Almoner Scrip Purse, upon which is a Heart.

(Plate No. 29) (i) Senior Deacon Dove and Olive Branch.

(Plate No. 15) (j) Junior Deacon Dove and Olive Branch.

(Plate No. 15) (k) Assistant Director of Ceremonies Two Crossed Rods with ‘Assistant’ below.

(Plate No. 17) (l) Assistant Secretary Two Crossed Pens with ‘Assistant’ below.

(Plate No. 20) (m) Organist Lyre.

(Plate No. 21) (n) Inner Guard Two Crossed swords points downwards.

(Plate No. 22) (o) Steward A Cornucopia.

(Plate No. 23) (p) Tyler A Sword point downwards.

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150. (xii) Jewels of the Order (a) St Lawrence the Martyr: a jewel consisting of a Gridiron in silver suspended from a ribbon, 1¼” wide, being 1” orange with a royal blue edging of ⅛” either side.

(Plate No. 31). (b) Knight of Constantinople: a jewel consisting of a Maltese Cross in gold or gilt suspended from a green ribbon 1¼” wide, on which are three poignards in gold or gilt with the points downwards.

(Plate No. 32). (c) Grand Tilers of Solomon: a jewel consisting of a triangle, apex pointing downwards in black enamel edged with gold or gilt; inscribed with the number 27 in Hebrew characters and on the obverse the Ineffable Name in the Cabalistic Order; suspended from a ribbon 1¼” wide, being 1” fiery red with a pale grey edging of ⅛” either side; on which is a hand holding a dagger with the point downwards, and surmounted by three crowns, all in gold or gilt.

(Plate No. 33). (d) Red Cross of Babylon: a jewel consisting of a seven pointed star on which are two crossed swords, points upwards, in gold or gilt on a green enamel circle suspended from a green ribbon 1¼” wide.

(Plate No. 34). (e) Grand High Priest: a jewel consisting of a mitre superimposed on a triangle, apex pointing upwards, in gold or gilt suspended from a red ribbon 1¼” wide.

(Plate No. 35).

150. (xiii) Member’s Breast Jewels (a) Miniature Jewels: a member may wear on the left breast a miniature jewel, as detailed in Regulation 150 (v), of each of the degrees to which he has been admitted. For the sake of convenience the jewels may be mounted on a bar.

(Plate No. 36) (b) Composite Jewel: a member who has been admitted into all of the degrees of the Order may wear a jewel consisting of a pentagon, incorporating the logos of all of the degrees of the Order, suspended from a thistle-green ribbon 1¼” wide.

(Plate No. 27).

150. (xiv) Past Master’s Jewel Past Masters shall wear suspended from a collarette as detailed in Regulation 153 a jewel consisting of a pentagon, incorporating the logos of all of the degrees of the Order.

(Plate No. 27).

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150. (xv) Founder’s Jewel A Founder’s Jewel shall be a jewel of gold or gilt consisting of a double circle with the name and number of the Council on the lower part, a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 1⅝” in diameter. (a) A Founder’s Jewel shall be worn as a breast jewel suspended by a thistle-green ribbon 1¼” in width. (b) The ribbon of the jewel shall be attached to a bar brooch of gold or gilt on the bar of which shall appear the word ‘Founder’ in green enamel.

(Plate No. 37).

150. (xvi) Centenary Jewel A Centenary Jewel shall be a jewel of gold or gilt consisting of a double circle with the name and number of the Council on the upper part and the dates signifying the one hundred years of uninterrupted existence (e.g., 1901–2001) in the lower part, a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 1⅝” in diameter. (a) A Centenary Jewel shall be worn as a breast jewel suspended by a thistle-green ribbon 1¼” in width. (b) The ribbon of the jewel shall be attached to a bar brooch of gold or gilt on the bar of which shall appear the word ‘Centenary’ in green enamel.

(Plate No. 38).

150. (xvii) Jubilee Jewel A Jubilee Jewel shall be a jewel of silver consisting of a double circle with the name and number of the Council on the upper part and the dates signifying the fifty years of uninterrupted existence (e.g., 1951–2001) in the lower part, a representation of the Seal of the Order in the centre, the whole not to exceed 1⅝” in diameter. (a) A Jubilee Jewel shall be worn as a breast jewel suspended by a thistle-green ribbon 1¼” in width. (b) The ribbon of the jewel shall be attached to a bar brooch of Silver on the bar of which shall appear the word ‘Jubilee’ in green enamel.

(Plate No. 38).

150. (xviii) Distinctive Jewels Members of Councils desirous of wearing a distinctive Jewel, must obtain the permission of the Grand Master.

150. (xix) Grand Master’s Order of Service to Allied Masonry Collar Jewel A jewel of the design as depicted in Plate No. 39.

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150. (xx) Multiple Jewels If more than one breast jewel is worn, the Member’s Jewel is worn on the inside.

150. (xxi) The 150th Keystone Jewel The Jewel may be worn by the Worshipful Master of a qualifying Council or qualifying individuals and suspened on a 1¼ inch wide collarette of thistle-green. The collarette is further embellished with the 150th button at the apex. These Jewels may only be worn at a meeting of the Order.

CHAINS 151. (i) In Grand Council, District Grand Council, at any Council meeting within his own District, Inspectorate, at Consecrations, and other special occasions authorised by the Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, District Grand Prefects and Grand Inspectors shall wear chains of gold or metal gilt, as specified below, and on other occasions collars of ribbon only, as specified for Officers of Grand Council. (a) The Grand Master May wear a Chain of Office as given in Plate No. 41 composed of alternate gilt links, one being the interlaced script letters A.M.D. and the other a circle within which are incorporated the logos of all of the degrees of the Order. The chain is mounted on a thistle green velvet backing. (b) The Deputy Grand Master May wear a Chain of Office as given in Plate No. 40. (c) District Grand Prefect, Grand Inspector May wear a Chain of Office as given in Plate No. 41. (d) Active Grand Officers Chain will be worn only in Grand Council, District Grand Council, Inspectorate Assembly, and at Consecrations, or when the Grand Officer is acting in his official capacity. Present Grand Officers may wear a chain of office of the same pattern and design as presently worn by District Grand Prefects, Grand Inspectors, except that all three emblems will encircle the letters A.M.D. 152. (i)

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Grand Officers (a) Grand Officers, Present and Past may wear collars of thistlegreen ribbon, 4” wide, embroidered with oak leaves and acorns in gold and trimmed with gold braid. (Plate No. 42). (b) Grand Officers, Present and Past may wear collars of thistlegreen ribbon, 4’’ wide, trimmed with gold braid and basket button on the front holding seam.

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152. (ii) District Grand Officers and Inspectorate Officers District Grand Officers, Inspectorate Officers, Present and Past shall wear collars of thistle-green ribbon, 4” wide, trimmed with silver braid and basket button on the front holding seam.

152. (iii) Past Masters May wear collars 4” wide, being 2” orange with a royal blue edging of 1” either side.

152. (iv) Officers of Private Councils Shall wear collars 4” wide, being 2” orange with a royal blue edging of 1” either side.

COLLARETTES 153. (i) (a) Active Grand Officers Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, trimmed with two strips of gold Russia Braid. (b) Past Active Grand Officers Past Grand Officers who have been appointed to active office may wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, an apex embroidered with acorns and oak leaves in gold or gilt trim with two strips of gold Russia Braid from which will be suspended the jewel of the Order, the whole not to exceed 1⅝” in diameter.

153. (ii) Past Grand Masters Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, the apex embroidered with acorns and oak leaves in gold or gilt, trimmed with two strips of gold Russia Braid.

153. (iii) Past Deputy Grand Masters Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, the apex embroidered with acorns and oak leaves in gold or gilt, trimmed with two strips of gold Russia Braid.

153. (iv) Past District Grand Prefects, Past Divisional Grand Prefects and Past Grand Inspectors Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, the apex embroidered with acorns and oak leaves in gold or gilt, trimmed with two strips of gold Russia Braid.

153. (v) Deputy District Grand Prefects and Assistant Inspectors Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, the apex embroidered with acorns and oak leaves in silver, trimmed with two strips of silver braid.

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153. (vi) Active District Grand Officers and Inspectorate Officers May wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide.

153. (vii) Holders of Allied Overseas Rank Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 2” wide.

153. (viii) Master of Councils May wear a collarette of ribbon, 1¼” wide, being 1” orange with a royal blue edging of ⅛” either side.

153. (ix) Past Masters May wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1” wide.

153. (x) Holders of the Grand Master’s Order of Service to Allied Masonry Shall wear a plain collarette of thistle-green ribbon, 1¼” wide, the apex embroidered with acorns and oak leaves in gold or gilt, trimmed with two strips of gold Russia Braid.

Master in Other Constitutions

153. (xi) Masters Installed in other Constitutions A Master installed in any other recognised Constitution, if he is a subscribing member of a Council under this Constitution is not entitled to wear the regalia of a Master or Past Master until he has qualified as such by being installed as Master of a Council of Allied Masonic Degrees in this Constitution.

APRONS 154. St Aubyn Council No. 33, Red Cross Council No. 34 and Edgcumbe Council No. 35 may continue, only within their own Councils, to wear aprons and other designated regalia as authorised by Grand Council on 13 November 1911.

ROBES 155. The Grand Master may wear a Green Robe with Gold facings.

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INDEX OF PLATES Plate No. 1 Plate No. 2 Plate No. 3 Plate No. 4 Plate No. 5

Seal of the Order Active Grand Officer Grand Master Deputy Grand Master District Grand Prefect, Past District/Divisional Grand Prefect, Grand Inspectors/Past Grand Inspectors Plate No. 6 Grand Senior Warden Plate No. 7 Grand Junior Warden Plate No. 8 Grand Chaplain/Assistant Grand Chaplain Plate No. 9 Grand Treasurer Plate No. 10 Grand Registrar Plate No. 11 President of the Executive Committee Plate No. 12 Grand Secretary Plate No. 13 Grand Director of Ceremonies Plate No. 13a Grand Historiographer Plate No. 14 Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies Plate No. 15 Grand Senior Deacon/Grand Junior Deacon Plate No. 16 Deputy Grand Secretary Plate No. 17 Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies Plate No. 18 Grand Sword Bearer Plate No. 19 Grand Standard Bearer Plate No. 20 Assistant Grand Secretary Plate No. 21 Grand Organist/Deputy Grand Organist Plate No. 22 Grand Inner Guard Plate No. 23 Grand Steward Plate No. 24 Grand Tyler Plate No. 25 District Grand Officers/Inspectorate Officers Collar Jewel Plate No. 26 Deputy District Grand Prefect/Assistant Inspector Plate No. 27 Allied Overseas Rank/Past Master Collarette Jewel Plate No. 28 Master Plate No. 29 Almoner Plate No. 30 Past Master Plate No. 31 St Lawrence the Martyr Plate No. 32 Knight of Constantinople Plate No. 33 Grand Tilers of Solomon Plate No. 34 Red Cross of Babylon Plate No. 35 Grand High Priest Plate No. 36 Miniature Jewels Plate No. 37 Founder Plate No. 38 Centenary Jewel/Jubilee Jewel Plate No. 39 Service to Allied Masonry Plate No. 40 Grand Master’s Chain/Deputy Grand Master’s Chain Plate No. 41 District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors Chain Plate No. 42 Grand Officers Collar Plate No. 43 Grand Master’s Collar Jewel Plate No. 44 Deputy Grand Master’s Collar Jewel 199

PLATE 1

PLATE 2

SEAL OF THE ORDER

ACTIVE GRAND OFFICER

PLATE 3

PLATE 4

GRAND MASTER

DEPUITY GRAND MASTER

200

PLATE 5

PLATE 6

DISTRICT GRAND PREFECT, PAST DISTRICT/DIVISIONAL GRAND PREFECT, GRAND INSPECTOR/PAST GRAND INSPECTOR

GRAND SENIOR WARDEN

PLATE 7

PLATE 8

GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN

GRAND CHAPLAIN/ASSISTANT GRAND CHAPLAIN

201

PLATE 9

PLATE 10

GRAND TREASURER

GRAND REGISTRAR

PLATE 11

PLATE 12

PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

GRAND SECRETARY

202

PLATE 13

PLATE 13A

GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES

GRAND HISTORIOGRAPHER

PLATE 14

PLATE 15

DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES

GRAND SENIOR DEACON/ GRAND JUNIOR DEACON 203

PLATE 16

PLATE 17

DEPUTY GRAND SECRETARY

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES

PLATE 18

PLATE 19

GRAND SWORD BEARER

GRAND STANDARD BEARER

204

PLATE 20

PLATE 21

ASSISTANT GRAND SECRETARY

GRAND ORGANIST DEPUTY GRAND ORGANIST

(with ‘Deputy’ as shown in Plates 14, 16)

PLATE 22

PLATE 23

GRAND INNER GUARD

GRAND STEWARD

205

PLATE 24

PLATE 25

GRAND TYLER

DISTRICT GRAND OFFICERS/ INSPECTORATE OFFICERS COLLAR JEWEL

PLATE 26

PLATE 27

DEPUTY DISTRICT GRAND PREFECT/ ASSISTANT INSPECTOR

ALLIED OVERSEAS RANK/ PAST MASTER’S COLLARETTE JEWEL 206

PLATE 28

PLATE 29

MASTER

ALMONER

PLATE 30

PLATE 31

PAST MASTER

ST LAWRENCE THE MARTYR

207

PLATE 32

PLATE 33

KNIGHT OF CONSTANTINOPLE

GRAND TILERS OF SOLOMON

PLATE 34

PLATE 35

RED CROSS OF BABYLON

GRAND HIGH PRIEST

208

PLATE 36

MINIATURE JEWELS

PLATE 37

PLATE 38

FOUNDER

CENTENARY JEWEL/JUBILEE JEWEL

209

PLATE 39

SERVICE TO ALLIED MASONRY

PLATE 40

GRAND MASTER’S CHAIN/DEPUTY GRAND MASTER’S CHAIN

210

PLATE 41

DISTRICT GRAND PREFECTS/GRAND INSPECTORS CHAIN

PLATE 42

PLATE 43

GRAND OFFICERS COLLAR

GRAND MASTER’S COLLAR JEWEL

211

PLATE 44

DEPUTY GRAND MASTER’S COLLAR JEWEL

212

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTIONS AND REGULATIONS References are to Regulations and not to pages.

Regulation

ACCOUNTS Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .95(i-v) District Grand Councils/Inspectorates .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 56(ii-iv) Grand Council... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 20(ii) ADJOURNMENT Council, not possible... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 86 Grand Council... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 ALLIED OVERSEAS RANK ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 Fee of honour... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 57, 145(iii) Regalia .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 150(viii), 153(vii) APPEALS .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 127(iii), 130-137 APRONS (Councils Nos. 33, 34, 35)... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 154 ARREARS Members of Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 80(iii), 107 Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 93 ASSISTANT GRAND SECRETARIES... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 28(iii), 34(i) AUDIT Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 95(iv-v) District Grand Councils/Inspectorates .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 56(iii-iv) Grand Council... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 20(ii-iii) BALLOTS Candidates... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 80(ii), 100 Executive Committee... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 117(i), 118(ii) Grand Treasurer... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 32(ii) BY-LAWS: see District Grand Councils/Inspectorates, Councils CANDIDATES Members of Council to be notified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 97(i, iv) Returns to Grand Secretary... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 90(iii-iv) CANDIDATES FOR JOINING OR REJOINING... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 97(i)(c), 98(i-ii, iv-v), 100 Ballots ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..80(ii), 100 Documentation.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 98(iv) From another Constitution... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 97(i)(c)(ii), 98(iv), 99, 104(i) CANDIDATES FOR RECEPTION... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 97(i)(a-b), (ii-iv), 98(i-ii), 104(i) Absence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..101 Documentation.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 98(iii) Number of ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 97(ii)(a) CHAINS... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .150(ii), 151 ‘CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT’, defined ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 146(v) CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 58(i), 98(v), 108 COLLARETTES... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(iii-iv, vi-x(a), xiv), 153 COLLARS ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .150(i-ii, v, x(b), xi), 152 COMMITTEES OF INVESTIGATION... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..137 COMPLAINTS, IRREGULARITIES AND DISPUTES .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 127-137 213

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CONSTITUTIONS AND REGULATIONS Additions or amendments ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..147 Effective date... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..148 Grand Council’s power to enact ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..2 Presentation to candidates... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 104(i) COUNCILS (see also candidates) Admonishment of a member... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..106 Accounts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 95(iii-v) Amalgamation... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .113 Arrears of subscription in wartime ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 107(ii-iii) Auditors... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 95(iv-v) Books and papers .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 114 By-laws ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .66, 79-80, 82, 100, 138(iv) Amendment.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 79(ii-iii), 84 Centenaries... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 115, 145(iv), 150(xvi) Ceremonies, presence of Installed Master essential ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 77 Certificates, clearance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 58, 98(v),108 Certificates, Grand Council .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 34(i), 104, 145(iii) Committees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 96 Communication through District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..39(iii) Constitution and Consecration.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 59 Degrees conferred ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 78(i) Documentation, serving of... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..142 Documents in trust... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..138 Dues and fees payable to Grand Council.. . .. . .. . .. . .… … … … 34(i), 90(i, iii), 103, 145(iv-ix) Elections Master .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 64(i), 71, 72 Treasurer .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 74 Tyler ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 74 Erasure .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 3(i), 93, 112(ii-iii), 130(i-ii) Exclusion, non-payment of dues... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 80(iii), 90(ii), 107(i) Exclusion from a meeting, for misconduct ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .106 Fees from candidates... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 81, 90(v) to District Grand Council/Inspectorate... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 55 to Grand Council.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 34(i), 90(i, iii), 103, 115(iii), 116(iii), 145(iv-v) Finances... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 81, 90(i, iii, v), 92, 93, 95 Financial year... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 80 Funding limitations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .134 Honorary members... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...90(ii), 102 Immediate Past Masters... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 63(vi), 76, 77 Installations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 64(i-ii), 67-72 absence of Master-elect... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 69 change of date .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 72 postponement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .67, 69 returns .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 91, 92, 93 Jewels centenary and jubilee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 115(iv), 116(iv), 150(xvi-xvii) of the degrees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..150(xii) distinctive... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(xviii) founders’ .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 150(xv) Jewels of office... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(ix-xi) 214

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Jubilees.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 116, 140(iii), 150(xvii) Meeting-places and dates.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 80, 83-86 Meetings cancellation or adjournment... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 86 deferment or bringing forward... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 85(iv-v) election... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 88 emergency... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 87 failure to meet .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 112(iii) minutes... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 89 misconduct at ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .106 quorum ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 88, 112(ii) suspension... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 61(ii) Names, essential... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 New Councils... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .58, 59 form of petition... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 58(ii) registration by District Grand Councils/Inspectorates... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 55(i)(a)(i) Officers ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 63, 74, 75, 78(v-viii) one regular office only ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..63(iii) vacancies.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .75(ii) Opening and closing ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 78(ii) Pledge of property, unlawful... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 111 Precedence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 60 Resignation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 90(ii), 102(i), 105 Returns .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 90-94 Secretaries’ subscriptions.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 80(i), 141(ii) Subscriptions, annual... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 80, 81, 102(iii) in wartime... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 107(ii-iii) Summonses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 85(i-iii), 137 Suspension... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..93, 127(iii), 130 Time-immemorial ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 60 Treasurers.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 74, 95 Tylers... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..103 Unattached Councils ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..85(iii), 106 Visiting brethren... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..110 Visits by the Grand Master and others.. . .. . .. . .. . .. .… … … … … … … … … … … … … 109 Warrants... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 23, 34(i), 61, 62 amalgamated Councils ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..113 custody ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 61(i) loss, withholding, etc. ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .61(ii), 62 of new Councils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 surrender .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 112(i), 114 Warrants, centenary... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .115 Warrants, jubilee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .116 Warrants of confirmation .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .61(ii), 62 CRIMINAL ACTIONS, SENTENCES TO BE REPORTED

By District Grand Prefect/Grand Inspector... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 127(iv) By offenders.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 128 DEFINITIONS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .146 DEPUTY DISTRICT GRAND PREFECTS/ ASSISTANT INSPECTORS... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .40, 41, 42, 45, 109(ii) 215

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DEPUTY GRAND MASTER ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .8, 25, 27 DEPUTY GRAND SECRETARY... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 28(ii), 34(i) DISPENSATIONS: see Grand Master, District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 DISTRICT GRAND COUNCILS/INSPECTORATES ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 38-40, 43 Accounts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 Annual assemblies... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 44, 45, 46 Auditors... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..56(iii) By-laws ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 52, 64(i), 82 Constitution... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 38 Dues, annual.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 55(i)(b)(i) Executive Committees .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 54 Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 Membership .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 43, 46 Minutes ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 53 Opening and closing ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 45(ii) Property in trust... . .. . .. . … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 138(iii) Returns to Grand Council ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .46(vii) Special meetings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39(i) DISTRICT GRAND OFFICERS/INSPECTORATE OFFICERS... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 40-51 Absence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 44(ii) Appointment and investiture... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 46(i-ii) Death, resignation, etc... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 Fees of honour... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55(i), 55(i)(b)(ii) Jewels of office ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 150(iv-vii) Numbers and ranks permissible... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 46(i) One office only ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..46(iii) Past rank... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 46(iv-v) Precedence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 40(ii), 46(i), 48, 49 Promotion.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 46(v) Qualifications... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 47 Removal, etc.... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 50 DISTRICT GRAND PREFECTS/GRAND INSPECTORS.. . .. . .. . .. . .22, 39-46, 49, 71, 88, 112(i) Appointment and installation... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 39(i) Death, resignation, absence, etc. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 42, 45(i) Dispensations... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 63(iii), 72, 85(v) Documentation, service of... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 142(ii-iii) New Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 58(i) Patents ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 39(i-ii), 145(iii) Periods of office... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 39(i) Powers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39(i) committees of investigation ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..137 disciplinary... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 50, 93(ii), 127(i, iii-iv) disputes or differences ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..133 summoning Councils or Brethren for inquiry.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 132 suspension of Council or Brethren... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .129 Precedence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 4(i), 39(i) Prefix of rank... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 6(ii, iii) Visits to Councils .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 109(ii, iv) DISTRICT GRAND TREASURERS/INSPECTORATE TREASURERS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 216

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DOCUMENTATION, PRODUCTION OF, GENERAL REGULATIONS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .140 DOCUMENTATION, SERVING OF, GENERAL REGULATIONS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .142 EDGCUMBE COUNCIL NO. 35.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 21(iii), 154 ELECTION, see AUDIT, DISTRICT GRAND TREASURER/INSPECTORATE TREASURER, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, GRAND TREASURER ERASURE, see under COUNCILS EXCLUSION, see under COUNCILS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 9-10, 94, 117-126, 127, 129 132, 133, 137 Advice on ritual... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 21(i) Centenary warrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 115(ii) Conducts Grand Council correspondence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 121(iii) its official communications, written... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..125 submissions to it, written and signed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .124 Constitutions and Regulations, additions and amendments.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 147 Control and Management of Grand Council property .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 20(i), 121(i) Control of Grand Council finances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 121(ii) funding limitations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .134 Jubilee warrants ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 116(ii) Meetings... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 120(i-ii) quorum ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 120(iii) Membership .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 117, 118 appointed.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 117(i-iii) elected .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 117(i, iv), 118 Minute book .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 126 Powers to admonish or suspend Councils or Brethren ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 93(i), 127(iii), 129 to appoint committees .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 123 to appoint committees of investigation... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..137 to summon Councils or Brethren for inquiry... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .132 regarding complaints or irregularities.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .127(ii) regarding disputes or difference... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 133(i) regarding overseas Councils’ dues and fees... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 145(iv) Powers, limited ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..139 President... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 25, 138(ii) appointed by Grand Master.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 30(i) Prior consideration of Grand Council business... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 9(i) Reports to Grand Council ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 10, 122 Vacancies... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 117(i) Vice-President ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 138(ii) elected by committee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .119 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES, DISTRICT .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 54 EXPULSION OF A MEMBER OF THE ORDER... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 3(i-ii), 94, 130(iii) FEES Brethren... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 34(i), 81, 145(i-v) Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .34(i), 81, 145(iii-v) District Grand Councils/Inspectorates .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 55 FEES OF HONOUR Allied Overseas Rank ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 57, 145(i-ii) District Grand Officers/Inspectorate Officers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 55(i)(b)(ii) Grand Officers .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 145(i-ii) 217

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FUNDING LIMITATIONS, GENERAL REGULATIONS .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 139

GRAND COUNCIL... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1-21 (see also Executive Committee) Absence of Grand Master et al.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .11-12 Accounts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 20, 34(i) Adjournment of business .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 14 Agendas... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 9-10 Assemblies... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 7-8 Audit ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 20(ii-iii) Business... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 9-10 Certificates... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 34(i), 104, 145(iii) Committees of investigation ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..137 Conduct of proceedings... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 16-19 Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34(i), 115(iii), 116(iii) Minutes, published... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 10, 34(i) Opening and closing ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 12 Powers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 2, 3(i) Precedence of members... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..4 Property... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 34(i) Propositions... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9(i), 13 Qualifications for membership ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..5 Recognition of other Grand Councils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .22, 23 Seal... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 34(i) Special meetings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8, 14 Style .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 1 Summonses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34(i) Trustees ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 20(i) Visitors from other Constitutions.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 19 Voting... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 15 GRAND COUNCILS, SOVEREIGN, FORMATION AND RECOGNITION... . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..22, 23 GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..15, 35 GRAND HIGH PRIEST, HOLY ORDER OF ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2(i), 78(i, iv), 97(ii)(b-c), 97(iii-iv) Jewel ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 150(xii)(e) Officers ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 78(viii) GRAND MASTER... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 6(i), 12 Absence from Grand Council ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Appoints District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 39 Grand Officers.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 27-30, 37 representatives at other Grand Councils .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 31 Death or resignation.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 25 Dispensations date of Council’s meeting... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 72(i), 85(v) dual Mastership... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 73 dual office in Council... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .63(iii) formation of a Sovereign Grand Council... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 22 installation of Master ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 64(ii-iii) Master’s term of office... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 73 meeting without warrant .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .61(ii) place of Council’s meeting... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 Wardens’ qualifications... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 63(iv) 218

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Election and proclamation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .24, 26 Installation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .24, 26 Order of Service to Allied Masonry Conferment .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .30(vii) Regalia ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 153(xix), 153(x) Robes... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..150 Powers depriving a past Grand Officer of rank... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 37 deputing a Grand Officer to visit a Council... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 109(iii) displacement and replacement of a Grand Officer... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 relating to District Grand Councils/Inspectorates... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 38 relating to Grand Council meetings ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 7(ii), 8, 13, 14, 16 Salutes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6(vi) Visiting a private Council ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 109(i) GRAND OFFICERS.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 24-37 Absence from Grand Council meetings... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 30(ii) Appointment and investiture... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 30(i) Attendance upon the Grand Master .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 33 Fees of honour... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 145(i-ii) Misconduct... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 37 Past rank... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 4, 30(vi) Precedence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..4 Prefixes of rank ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..6(i-iv) Qualifications... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..30(iii) Regalia, see CHAINS, COLLARETTES, COLLARS, JEWELS OF OFFICE AND RANK Salutes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6(vi) Visits to Councils .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 33, 109(iii) GRAND SECRETARY Action on Councils’ by-laws... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 79 Appointed by Grand Master.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 28(i) Duties described... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 34 May appoint committees of investigation... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..137 May depute Grand Officers to visit Councils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 109(iii) May direct as to serving of documentation... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 142(ii) GRAND TILERS OF SOLOMON, degree ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2(i), 78(i, iv), 97(ii)(b-c), 97(iii-iv) Jewel ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 150(xii)(c) Officers ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 78(vi) GRAND TREASURER ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 32 GRAND TYLER... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..29, 36 HONORARY MEMBERS, (of Councils) ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 90(ii), 102 IMMEDIATE PAST MASTER.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 63(vi), 76, 77 INSTALLED MASTER OF OTHER CONSTITUTIONS... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 153(xi) INTERPRETATION OF TERMS.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 146 INVESTIGATION, COMMITTEES OF ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .137 JEWELS, BREAST Centenary and Jubilee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 150(xvi-xvii) Distinctive ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(xviii) 219

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Founders’... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 150(xv) Of the Order .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(xii-xiii, xx) JEWELS OF OFFICE AND RANK .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(i-xi) Allied Overseas Rank ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .150(viii) Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(ix-xi) District Grand Officers/Inspectorate Officers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 150(v-vii) Grand Officers .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(i-iv) Past Masters .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 150(x) KNIGHT OF CONSTANTINOPLE, degree ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 2(i), 78(i, iv), 97(ii)(b-c), 97(iii-iv) Jewel ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 150(xii)(b) Officers ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 78(v) MASTER ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63(i-ii), 65, 66 Absence... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 77 Continuance in office... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..67, 68, 69, 73 Death, removal or incapacity... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 76 Dual Mastership... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 73 Election ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 64(i), 71 Installation... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..64, 65, 71, 72 of successor.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 70 A Member of Grand Council... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 4(i), 5 A Member of District Grand Council/Inspectorate... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 Prefix of rank... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 6(iv) Tyler, may appoint... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 74 MASTER-ELECT.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 64(i), 65 Absence from installation meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 Death, disqualification, incapacity or non-acceptance ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..67, 68 Qualifications... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 64(ii-iii) NOTICE, PERIODS OF, GENERAL REGULATIONS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .141 PAST DIVISIONAL GRAND PREFECTS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4(i), 6(ii) PAST MASTERS Members of Grand Council.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 4(i), 5 District Grand Councils/Inspectorates ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 43 Prefix of rank... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 6(iv) PATENTS Issued by District Grand Prefects/Grand Inspectors... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 40(i) Issued by Grand Master... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 31, 34(i), 39(i-ii), 145(iii) PETITION FOR A NEW COUNCIL... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 58 PREFIXES OF RANK... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..6(i-v) PRIVATE COUNCILS, see Councils PROPERTY, GENERAL REGULATIONS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .138 PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS, GENERAL REGULATIONS.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 144 ‘RECOGNISED CONSTITUTIONS’, defined ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 146(i) RED CROSS COUNCIL NO. 34 .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 21(iii), 154 220

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RED CROSS OF BABYLON, degree... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2(i), 78(i, iv), 97(ii)(b-c), 97(iii-iv) Jewel ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 150(xii)(d) Officers ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .78(vii) REGALIA Past Masters from other Constitutions.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 153(xi) Wearing in public.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 143 see also Aprons, Chains, Collarettes, Collars and Jewels ‘REGULAR CRAFT LODGE OF FREEMASONS’ defined... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 146(iii) RESIGNATION From a Council ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..105 From the Order.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .3(iv), 130(iv-v), 131 RITUALS OF THE ORDER ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 21 ST AUBYN COUNCIL NO. 33... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..21(iii), 154 ST LAWRENCE THE MARTYR, degree... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 2(i), 78(i-iii), 97(ii)(a) Jewel ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 150(xii)(a) SALUTES .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 6(vi-viii) SAVING CLAUSE... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..149 SUSPENSION OF A COUNCIL ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 93, 127(iii), 129, 132(ii) SUSPENSION OF A MEMBER OF THE ORDER .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .93, 127(iii), 129, 132(ii) TRUSTEES OF PROPERTY Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .138(i, iv) District Grand Councils/Inspectorates .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .138(i, iii) Grand Council... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20(i), 138(i-ii) UNATTACHED BRETHREN... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 110(i) UNATTACHED COUNCILS... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..85(iii), 106 VISITORS to Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..110 to Grand Council (from other Constitutions)... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 19 WARDENS... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 63(i, iv, v), 76, 77, 78(vi), 87, 91(i) incomplete terms of office... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 69 A Member of Grand Council... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 4(i) A Member of District Grand Council/Inspectorate... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 WARRANTS.. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 23 Amalgamated Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..113 Dissolved Councils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .114 Essential for Council meetings ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 61(i) Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 145(iii) Issued and sealed by Grand Secretary .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 34(i) Loss, destruction, etc.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .61(ii), 62 New Councils... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 58 Surrender... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 61(i), 112(i), 114 WARRANTS, CENTENARY AND JUBILEE ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 115, 116 WARRANTS OF CONFIRMATION... . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 62 221