Meetings of the Grand Lodge, Metropolitan, Provincial, District Grand Lodges, or private Lodges are prohibited on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Sundays, unless a dispensation from the Grand Master is obtained. If a regular meeting falls on a prohibited day or public holiday, it must be rescheduled within seven days before or after the specified date, except when held on a Sunday or public holiday that is not prohibited. For meetings desired on alternative days, a dispensation can be granted by the Grand Master or relevant authority, provided it is within twenty-eight days before or after the specified date. When calculating the four-week interval referenced in Rule 172, the actual day of the meeting is considered, while for other purposes, the meeting is deemed to have occurred on the specified day. Compliance with these regulations ensures orderly scheduling and adherence to Masonic traditions.
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(a) In no case may a meeting of the Grand Lodge, or of any Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Lodge, or of any private Lodge be held upon (i) Christmas Day or Good Friday; or (ii) unless by prior dispensation of the Grand Master, a Sunday and the provisions of this Rule are subject always to those days being prohibited days for any such meeting. Meetings falling upon prohibited days or public holidays (b) In case the specified day for the regular meeting of a Lodge shall fall upon Christmas Day, Good Friday, a Sunday, or a public holiday, then the meeting shall be held on such alternative day (being not more than seven days before nor more than seven days after the specified day) as the Master shall direct, save only that in the case of the specified day falling upon a Sunday or a public holiday the meeting may be held upon that day provided that it be not a prohibited day. Altering day of meeting by dispensation (c) If in any Lodge it should be desired to hold a regular meeting upon a day other than the specified day then the Grand Master or, in a Metropolitan Area, Province or District, the Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Master may, on good cause shown, grant a dispensation for the holding of such meeting on an alternative day being not more than twenty-eight days before nor more than twenty-eight days after the specified day. Computation of four weeks interval in Rule 172 (d) For the purpose of computing the interval of four weeks mentioned in Rule 172, a meeting shall always be considered as having been held on the actual day on which it was held, and not on the specified day for which such actual day was substituted. For all other purposes a meeting held on an alternative day shall be deemed to have been held on the specified day.