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If you're a brother of a lodge and would like to demit and look for other lodges to join, how would the brother search for the lodges? Can they take help of regional grand lodge?

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A Freemason demits from a lodge by voluntarily resigning his membership, an act that requires him to be in good standing, clear of financial arrears, and free from pending charges 12. While the resignation itself is the act of the individual member, the lodge grants the demit—a formal certificate verifying that the member has withdrawn in good standing and cleared his record 2.

The primary purpose of obtaining a demit certificate is to serve as proof of good standing when seeking to affiliate with another lodge 2. Historically, regulations required a Mason moving to another limit or division to present a certificate from his previous lodge before being admitted to membership 2. Although affiliation with a lodge is considered a duty binding on every Mason, a demitted Mason who has not yet joined a new lodge remains unaffiliated 1.

The supplied sources do not address whether or how a Provincial or District Grand Lodge assists demitted Masons in searching for or joining new lodges.

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