Regulation 58 mandates that the By-Laws of each Royal Arch Chapter outline the regular days and location for meetings, including specific convocations for the election, installation, and investiture of Principals and officers. Regular convocations cannot be canceled or held at an alternate location unless authorized by the First Grand Principal or, in a Metropolitan Area, by the Metropolitan Grand Superintendent or Grand Superintendent, who may grant a dispensation for rescheduling within a 28-day window before or after the specified date. If a regular meeting place becomes impractical, a dispensation can allow the Chapter to convene at an alternative location for general business, requiring additional permissions if outside the Chapter's jurisdiction. This regulation ensures consistency in meeting practices while allowing flexibility under certain circumstances.
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Regulation 58: Days and place of meeting. The By-Laws of every Chapter shall specify the regular days and place of meeting of the Chapter, also the regular convocation for the election of the Principals and the officers and for their installation and investiture where such installation and investiture do not take place on the same date as their election. No regular convocation may be cancelled nor may any convocation be held otherwise than at the specified place and on the specified day. But the First Grand Principal, or in a Metropolitan Area, Province or District the Metropolitan Grand Superintendent or Grand Superintendent, may on good cause being shown grant a dispensation for the holding of such convocation on an alternative day being not more than twenty-eight days before nor more than twenty-eight days after the specified day.
If any convocation of a Chapter at its regular place should be impracticable or undesirable the First Grand Principal, or in a Metropolitan Area, Province or District the Metropolitan Grand Superintendent or Grand Superintendent, may grant a dispensation to meet at a specified place to carry on the general business of the Chapter, and if the specified place be outside the area of jurisdiction in which the Chapter regularly meets a dispensation from each of the authorities concerned is necessary.