1.7.15 Rejected applicants

No subordinate lodge shall receive a petition for the degrees from a rejected applicant within six months from the date of his rejection, nor act upon a petition for the degrees from a person who has been rejected in another lodge until a recommendation has been obtained from the lodge holding jurisdiction, granted by a unanimous ballot at a regular communication thereof, except after the lapse of five years from the date of such rejection.
See Decision Nos. 21, 48, 50, 51.

Related Decisions

No. 21. Release Of Jurisdiction

Decision: That subordinate lodges in this jurisdiction are incompetent to release State jurisdiction.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.12. 1.7.15. May 18, 1847. (Van Slyck, GM)

Amended November 17, 1979

No. 48. Clarification Of Petition Categories

Decision: The provisions of Article VII, Sections 1.7.15 and 1.7.16 of the Constitution have no application to petitions for membership, and that the restrictions therein contained apply only in cases of petitions for degrees.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.15. 1.7.16. May 15, 1899. (Van Slyck, GM)

No. 50. Renewal Of Rejected Petitions

Decision: That a rejected candidate for the degrees in Freemasonry can renew his petition to the lodge that has rejected him as often as he may desire, subject to such restrictions as to the frequency of such applications as Grand Lodge may have imposed in Article VII, Section 1.7.15 of the Constitution.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.15. May 15, 1899. (Van Slyck, GM)

No. 51. Removal From Jurisdiction

Decision: That the fact that a candidate had removed from the jurisdiction of the lodge that had rejected him did not change his relations to said lodge, but that he could apply to the same lodge, and it could receive and act upon his application.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.15. May 15, 1899. (Van Slyck, GM)