[The Principles of Masonic Law by Albert G. Mackey]@TWC D-Link bookThe Principles of Masonic Law CHAPTER II 7/13
Payment of the dues, simply, will not restore him; for it is necessary that he should again be elected by the Brethren, upon formal application. The word exclusion has a meaning in England differing from that in which it has been used in the present section.
There the prerogative of expulsion is, as I think very rightly, exercised only by the Grand Lodge. The term "expelled" is therefore used only when a Brother is removed from the craft, by the Grand Lodge.
The removal by a District Grand Lodge, or a subordinate lodge, is called "exclusion." The effect, however, of the punishment of exclusion, is similar to that which has been here advocated. Section IV. _Of Definite Suspension._ Suspension is a punishment by which a party is temporarily deprived of his rights and privileges as a Mason.
It does not terminate his connection with the craft, but only places it in abeyance, and it may again be resumed in a mode hereafter to be indicated. Suspension may be, in relation to time, either definite or indefinite.
And as the effects produced upon the delinquent, especially in reference to the manner of his restoration, are different, it is proper that each should be separately considered. In a case of definite suspension, the time for which the delinquent is to be suspended, whether for one month, for three, or six months, or for a longer or shorter period, is always mentioned in the sentence. At its termination, the party suspended is at once restored without further action of the lodge.
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