Members entitled to the same privileges within a Lodge must pay an equal annual subscription, although by-laws may allow for a reduced rate for members unable to regularly enjoy those privileges. No Lodge can restrict a subscribing member's right to receive summonses or disqualify them from holding office. However, by-laws may stipulate that members who default on their subscription payments for at least three months lose certain rights, including voting, proposing or seconding candidates, and eligibility for appointment or election to office. This regulation ensures equitable financial contributions while maintaining member participation and governance standards.
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All members entitled to the same privileges of a Lodge must pay annually the same amount of subscription, save that, if the by-laws so provide, a smaller rate of annual subscription may be fixed for members who, for some cause satisfactory to the Lodge, are not in a position to enjoy such privileges regularly. No Lodge may by its by-laws or otherwise provide that any subscribing member thereof shall not be entitled to receive summonses, or be disqualified from holding office therein, but a Lodge may in its by-laws provide that members who are in default in the payment of their subscriptions for some specified period, not less than three months after their becoming due, shall be deprived while so in default of all or any of the rights of voting, proposing or seconding candidates, and being appointed or elected to office.