The Grand Lodge holds supreme authority over the governance of the Craft, empowered to enact, alter, repeal, and abrogate laws and regulations, while ensuring the preservation of the ancient Landmarks. It investigates and decides matters concerning the Craft, individual Brothers, or specific Lodges, exercising this authority directly or through delegated representatives. The Grand Lodge retains the power to expel a Brother or erase a Lodge but delegates its judicial and disciplinary functions to Metropolitan, Provincial, and District Grand Masters, as well as the Board of General Purposes and Appeals Courts. This delegation allows for a structured approach to governance and discipline within the Masonic framework, ensuring that decisions are made at various levels of authority while maintaining adherence to established regulations.
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The Grand Lodge possesses the supreme superintending authority, and alone has the inherent power of enacting laws and regulations for the government of the Craft, and of altering, repealing, and abrogating them, always taking care that the antient Landmarks of the Order be preserved. The Grand Lodge has also the power of investigating, regulating, and deciding all matters relative to the Craft, or to particular Lodges, or to individual Brothers, which power it may exercise either of itself or by such delegated authority as in its wisdom and discretion it may appoint. The Grand Lodge, while retaining authority to expel a Brother or to erase a Lodge, delegates its judicial and disciplinary authority to Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand Masters, the Board of General Purposes and Appeals Courts as hereinafter provided.