1.7.22 Objection to passing or raising
Any member of a subordinate lodge may object to the passing or raising of a candidate at any time before the degree is conferred. Such objection shall be made to the Master and the name of the objector shall be withheld if he requests it. The lodge shall investigate such objections before proceeding further with a candidate, and may overrule the same by a vote of a majority of the members present.
Amended November 16, 1996.
See Decision Nos. 60, 61, 62, 67; Standing Order No. 33.
Related Decisions
No. 60. Lodge Trial For An EA
Decision: That an Entered Apprentice is not entitled to a trial by the lodge, there having been no charges brought against him other than objection to his advancement.
Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.22. May 17, 1909. (Chatterton, GM)
No. 61. Demand For Trial By An EA
Decision: That an Entered Apprentice cannot demand a trial.
Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.22. May 17, 1909. (Chatterton, GM)
No. 62. Penalties For An Entered Apprentice
Decision: That an Entered Apprentice, if tried and found guilty may be subjected to like penalties as any other Mason.
Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.22. May 17, 1909. (Chatterton, GM)
No. 67. Support For Objections
Decision: I held that a member of a subordinate lodge objecting to the passing of a candidate, as provided for in Article VII, Section 1.7.22. of the Constitution, must present with his objection, information or charges susceptible of investigation, and that on refusal to do so, the objection might properly be ignored.
Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.22. May 21, 1917. (Scott, GM)
Related Standing Orders
No. 33. Advancement By Petition
Ordered: That in cases where a brother has heretofore applied for advancement to the second or third degree and his application has been rejected by ballot, he may at any time apply to the lodge for advancement, by petition, in the same manner and with the same effect in which application may be made for initiation under the present regulations.
Constitution, Art. VII, Sec. 1.7.22. May 18, 1885.