Regulation 47 mandates that no Royal Arch Chapter may convene without a Charter of Constitution issued by the Grand Chapter or the First Grand Principal. This Charter is entrusted to the First Principal upon installation and must be securely maintained on their behalf. The First Principal is required to present the Charter at every Chapter meeting. In cases where the Charter is lost or improperly withheld, the Chapter must suspend its meetings until a Charter of Confirmation is obtained from the First Grand Principal or the original Charter is recovered. If a Charter of Confirmation is issued, it must be returned to the First Grand Principal once the original is restored. This regulation emphasizes the importance of maintaining proper documentation and authority within the Masonic structure, ensuring that Chapters operate under legitimate governance.
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Regulation 47: Chapter not to act without Charter. Except as provided in this regulation, no Chapter may meet without a Charter of Constitution from the Grand Chapter or the First Grand Principal (as the case may be) which is to be specially entrusted to each First Principal at his installation, to be held by him in safe custody on behalf of the First Grand Principal, whose property it is. The First Principal shall produce it at every meeting of the Chapter.
If a Charter be lost or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled to hold or use the same, or withheld by competent Masonic authority, the Chapter must suspend its meetings until a Charter of Confirmation has been applied for and granted by the First Grand Principal, or until the Charter so lost or withheld be found or restored, in which case the Charter of Confirmation, if any, shall be returned forthwith to the First Grand Principal.