Are the Grand Lodge certificates presented to Master Masons in 1st or 2nd Rising in an open Lodge Regular meeting ?
Rule 174(d) of the Book of Constitutions provides that a Brother's Grand Lodge Certificate should be presented to him in open Lodge and the fact entered on the minutes, but it does not prescribe presenting it specifically at either the First or Second Rising, as the United Grand Lodge of England sets out.
Because the constitutional rule mandates presentation in open Lodge without tying it to a specific Rising, the exact timing during the meeting is governed by local lodge custom or the agenda set by the Worshipful Master.
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