Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire

Secretariat - DISPENSATIONS

Miscellaneous Circumstances

Dispensations are also required to:

  • enable the manager or proprietor of the place at which a Lodge meets to hold any office in the Lodge;
    (Craft: Rule 117)
  • enable a Candidate less than 21 years of age to be Initiated;
    (Craft: Rule 157)
  • enable a Lodge to confer a degree on any Brother less than four weeks later than the previous degree was conferred on him;
    (Craft: Rule 172 – noting Rule 139 [d])
  • permit Brethren to wear Masonic regalia in public;
    (Craft: Rule 178)
  • enable a Lodge with less than five members to continue to meet.
    (Craft: Rule 188)
Proprietor/Manager of Lodge premises to hold Office in the Lodge
 
To Initiate a Candidate who is less than 21 years of age
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To confer two degrees on any Brother in less than a four week period
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To permit Brethren to wear Masonic regalia in public
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To continue a Lodge with less than five subscribing members
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