- Change of Meeting Date
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Dispensations are required for any alternative meeting
date to that specified in the Lodge or Chapter By-Laws and may be
granted if the alternative date is not more than 28 days before or
after the normal date of the Regular Meeting.
(Craft: Rules 139 [c] & 141 [v]; Chapter: Regulation 58)
See also exceptions.
- Change of Meeting Place
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Dispensations are also required prior to any Regular
Meeting which is to take place at an alternative venue to that specified
in the Lodge or Chapter By-Laws.
(Craft: Rule 142; Chapter: Regulation 58)
See also exceptions.
- Note that it is possible for a Dispensation
to be granted to cover a change in both Meeting date and venue.
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- Emergency Meetings
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In exceptional circumstances, normally associated
with an unusually high Masonic work load in a Lodge, a Dispensation
may be granted to hold an extra meeting.
(Craft: Rule 140; note that a Dispensation is NOT required for
an emergency Convocation – see Chapter: Regulation 59)
- Initiating, Passing, Raising or
Exalting multiple candidates
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Dispensations are required to confer any one degree
on more than two candidates on the same day.
(Craft: Rule 168; Chapter: Regulation 65)
- Unanticipated change in Treasurer
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In the event of a Lodge or Chapter Treasurer being
unable to discharge his duties (due to ill health, protracted absence
or other special circumstances) "to the reasonable convenience
of the Lodge", a Dispensation may be granted enabling the Lodge
to elect a member to temporarily assume those duties.
(Craft: Rule 112 [b]; Chapter: Regulation 57)
However, a Dispensation is NOT required in the event of a "vacancy".
(Craft: Rule 121; Chapter: Regulation 57)
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- Eligibility for election as Master
of the Lodge
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If a Warden has not served in the office for one full
year he is ineligible for election as Master of the Lodge without
a Dispensation being granted.
(Craft: Rule 109 – but see also Rule 108 [a])
- Eligibility of the Lodge Master
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A Dispensation is required for a Brother to:
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simultaneously hold the office of Master in more
than one Lodge; |
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continue as Master of the same Lodge for more than two years
in succession. |
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(Craft: Rule 115)
- Miscellaneous
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Dispensations are also required to:
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enable the manager or proprietor of the place at which a Lodge
meets to hold any office in the Lodge; |
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(Craft: Rule 117) |
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enable a Candidate less than 21 years of age to be Initiated; |
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(Craft: Rule 157) |
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enable a Lodge to confer a degree on any Brother
less than four weeks later than the previous degree was conferred
on him; |
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(Craft: Rule 172 – noting Rule 139 [d]) |
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permit Brethren to wear Masonic regalia in public; |
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(Craft: Rule 178) |
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enable a Lodge with less than five members to continue to
meet. |
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(Craft: Rule 188) |
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