Sec. 4. Minimum Qualifications for Grand Lodge Elective Office. No member shall be eligible for nomination and election as an elective officer of the Grand Lodge unless:

a. (a) He is at least forty (40) years of age at the time of the ANCOM election.

b. He shall have been a Master Mason in good standing for at least ten (10) consecutive years immediately preceding the ANCOM election without any suspension for whatever reason and regardless of the duration.

c. He shall have served and completed his term of office as Master of a Lodge of Master Masons;

d. He is an actual resident of the territory within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines for at least two (2) years immediately prior to the ANCOM election.

e. He has not been found guilty by competent authority of unmasonic conduct or convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any offense involving moral turpitude. In both cases, such finding or conviction must be by final judgment (Edict No. 268-B MW Rentoy).