Fees and Contributions

Fees payable to the Fund of Grand Chapter 98. Fees shall be payable to the Fund of the Grand Chapter for: (a) the Registration of (i) A Grand Offi cer, present or past, on fi rst appointment (ii) A Deputy or Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendent or Metropolitan Grand Inspector (under Regulation 26(c) (iii)), Deputy Grand Superintendent (under Regulation 28A (iii)), 2nd or 3rd Metropolitan Grand Principal (under Regulation 26(j)) or 2nd or 3rd Provincial or District Grand Principal (under Regulation 31(h)) (iii) A holder of Overseas Grand Chapter Rank or Overseas Chapter Rank (under Reg. 42) (iv) A Royal Arch Mason, inclusive of Grand Chapter certifi cate (on exaltation or joining from a Chapter not under the Grand Chapter) 1. in a Chapter in a Metropolitan Area or a Province 2. in a District Chapter 3. in a Chapter abroad not under a District (b) the replacement or amendment of a Grand Chapter Certificate (c) a Certifi cate for a Serving Companion (d) a Dispensation by the First Grand Principal of such respective amounts as fi xed by resolution of the Grand Chapter in April or May of each year to take eff ect from the fi rst day of January next following. No fee is payable for the registration of a Companion who joins a Chapter from another under the Grand Chapter.

99. The fees for Charters for new Chapters, or Charters of Confi rmation, and for Charters, or Charters of Confi rmation, for a Centenary Jewel or Bi-Centenary Bar and for Certifi cates of Amalgamation, shall be based on the cost of producing the documents. <Note: Current costs will be published in the Report of the Committee of General Purposes to Grand Chapter in April or May of each year, and be eff ective from the fi rst day of May of that year.> 100. Contributions shall be payable in respect of each of its members who has been on the register of the Chapter during any part of the year for which the Return of Members is made annually in accordance with Regulation 61 by every Chapter in a Metropolitan Area or a Province of such amount as shall be fi xed for each calendar year by resolution of the Grand Chapter in the preceding April or May.