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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Your first step is always to contact the Secretary of the Lodge from which you were suspended. He will refer to the Ahiman Rezon, Article 19.02, and the Digest of Decisions, Article 94.1 -9, for guidance. The information that follows comes directly from Section 4-64 of The Secretary's Manual in which all the procedures for administration of a Lodge are outlined.
- When a Member who has been suspended for non-payment of dues desires to reaffiliate with the Lodge,
one, and only one, of the following procedures must be observed, depending upon the length of time that has elapsed since the date of his suspension
| Restoration to Membership
(a.) If reaffiliation can be consummated by final action of the Lodge within one Masonic Year of the date of suspension, the procedure known as Restoration to Membership must be followed, unless the suspended Member desires to affiliate with some other Lodge than that in which he stands suspended, in which case he should be restored to Good Masonic Standing.
Restoration to Good Masonic Standing
(b.) When reaffiliation cannot be consummated by final action of the Lodge within one Masonic Year from the date of suspension, the procedure known as Restoration to Good Masonic Standing must be followed, and after such restoration a petition for membership must be presented. A Brother who has been restored to Good Masonic Standing may present a petition for membership to any Lodge of his choice.
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- A Masonic Year is the period between two consecutive Annual Meetings of the Lodge. When the Annual Meeting occurs in December, the Resolution to restore to Membership must be presented no later than the November Stated Meeting of the Lodge.
- A Lodge cannot remit the dues of a Brother who has been suspended for non-payment thereof and then restore him to membership or Good Masonic Standing unless the suspension was made in error, nor can he be permitted to make a conditional payment, and be restored, unless the suspension was made in error. (Digest of Decisions, Article 94.4, 5.)
- The amount of dues owed is determined as follows:
- The amount owed at the time of suspension
- Plus the current years dues.
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