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Art. III, Sec. 5
Judicial Powers.

Sec. 5. Judicial Powers. Its judicial powers are of two kinds:

A. Original – the decision of controversies involving the Grand Lodge or its Incumbent, Past or Honorary Officers, all controversies between or among two or more Lodges or their members, or between one of them and a member or members of a Subordinate Lodge, and the enforcement of discipline upon all Masons and Lodges under its jurisdiction.

B. Appellate – the review of all matters of controversy or discipline proper for Masonic investigation which may have arisen in any Subordinate Lodge over which it does not have original jurisdiction.