Regulation 70 outlines the procedures for private Chapters to grant certificates to Companions. A Chapter must provide a certificate free of charge in two specific situations: (a) to current members, confirming their membership status and indicating any outstanding debts to the Chapter, and (b) to former members, detailing the circumstances of their departure—whether by resignation or exclusion—along with the date, any existing debts, and the status of those debts. All certificates must be dated and, if not delivered directly to the Companion, sent via registered post in an envelope marked 'Private and Confidential.' This regulation restricts Chapters from issuing any other types of certificates to Companions, ensuring that the process is standardized and confidential.
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Regulation 70: Grants of certificates by private Chapters A Chapter shall grant a certificate free of charge to a Companion whenever required by him in each of the following cases: (a) When he is a member of the Chapter, a certificate to that effect and stating (if such be the case) that he is not indebted to the Chapter, and (b) When he has been and is no longer a member of the Chapter, a certificate stating whether he ceased to be a member by resignation or by exclusion, giving the date and circumstances thereof, and stating whether he was at the time indebted to the Chapter and, if so, whether and at what time such indebtedness was discharged by him.
The certificate shall be dated and, unless handed to the Companion himself, shall be transmitted by registered post, the envelope being plainly marked on the outside, 'Private and Confidential'.
Except as provided by this Regulation a Chapter shall not grant a certificate of any kind to a Companion.