Sec. 1. Standing Committees. To assist him in the administration of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master shall, upon his assumption of office, constitute the following standing committees whose members shall serve until the close of the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge.

a) Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance shall be composed of all the elective officers of the Grand Lodge, except the Grand Master, with the Deputy Grand Master as Chairman, and shall have the following duties, responsibilities, and functions:

1. To make or cause to be made an annual audit of Grand Lodge finances; prepare or cause to be prepared a statement of its financial position as of March 31 and submit the same to the Annual Communication together with a report of its acts and findings and its recommendations;

2. To prepare the annual budget of the Grand Lodge for the ensuing year and to submit the same in writing to the Grand Lodge for its approval during its Annual Communication;

3. To study and review all requests or recommendations made by any member, Subordinate Lodge, Standing or Special Committee, or any appendant body, or Grand Lodge-affiliated organization for the appropriation of money, or increases in existing appropriations, or increases in fees or annual payments of any kind required to be made by Master Masons, and to submit its recommendations in writing to the Grand Lodge for its approval during its Annual Communication;

4. To verify that all moneys paid to the Grand Lodge are properly accounted for and deposited to its credit in the banks;

5. To verify that accounts receivables from Subordinate Lodges and other sources are correctly entered in the books of accounts;

6. To review and study any and all proposals for fund raising for the benefit of the Grand Lodge and to make a report or recommendation to the Grand Master for his final decision;

7. To make such reports and recommendations to the Grand Master from time to time as may be necessary in the interest of economy and efficiency; and

8. To meet as a Committee at least once a month, or as often as may be called by the Grand Master.

b) Committee on Accounts. The Committee on Accounts shall be composed of three (3) members of the Grand Lodge who shall be residents of Metro Manila to be appointed by the Grand Master. The Grand Auditor to be the ex-officio Chairman of the Committee on Accounts. The Committee shall have the following duties, responsibilities and functions:

1. To act as the internal auditor of the Grand Lodge;
2. To pre-audit all vouchers, bills, claims and demands against the Grand Lodge as well as to audit all Grand Lodge receivables;
3. To verify, pre-audit, and approve for the certification of the Grand Secretary and approval by the Grand Master all disbursements of funds of the Grand Lodge, and no warrant shall be drawn by the Grand Secretary until such voucher, bill, claim or demand shall have been pre-audited and approved by the Committee on Accounts;

The following kinds of disbursement shall be exempted from pre-audit procedures:

a. Payment of employees salary, allowances, or compensation along with the mandatory payments for government exactions such as withholding taxes, SSS, Pag-ibig, etc; b. Payments for utilities such as electricity, water, and telephone evidenced by duly issued bills or statements from the service provided; and c. Payment of petty cash fund and vouchers for payments of supplies and materials and other emergency purchases of relatively small value not exceeding Php10,000.00 (Edict No. 253 MW Gabionza).

4. To verify by actual physical count inventories of properties of the Grand Lodge or for which it is legally responsible as trustee or otherwise not as owner, of such properties inventoried;
5. To render such reports in writing as may be required by the Grand Master; and
6. To meet in the Grand Lodge at least once a week to perform its duties, responsibilities and functions.

c) Committee on Jurisprudence. The Committee shall be composed of five (5) members including its Chairman as designated by the Grand Master, majority of whom shall be members of the Bar. Its functions, duties and responsibilities are as follows:

1. To render a written opinion on any masonic legal matter referred to it by the Grand Master. Legal opinions rendered by the Committee shall not be considered binding on Subordinate Lodges and individual Masons unless adopted and promulgated by the Grand Master as his ruling, in which event, they shall be considered part of Masonic Law in this jurisdiction until and unless disapproved by the Grand Lodge in an Annual Communication;
2. To assist the Grand Master in the settlement of disputes and special cases, or inquiries involving the interpretation and application of the Grand Lodge Constitution, Ordinances, Rules and Regulations;
3. To submit to the Grand Master a written summary of all masonic legal matters referred to it by the Grand Master, opinions rendered thereon, and other actions taken by it on cases referred to it by the Grand Master; and
4. To review the By-Laws submitted by new Lodges, or amendments to existing By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges, and give its recommendation to the Grand Master.

d) Committee on Revision of the Constitution. The Committee shall be composed of five (5) members including its Chairman as designated by the Grand Master, majority of whom shall be members of the Bar. Its functions, duties and responsibilities are as follows:

1. To collate all amendments to the Constitution or Ordinances as approved by the Grand Lodge in the last Annual Communication and recommend the dissemination thereof to all Subordinate Lodges;
2. To propose or recommend to the Grand Lodge any amendment to the Constitution, Ordinances, Rules and Regulations; and
3. To revise or re-write the Constitution and Ordinances as the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master may direct.

e) Committee on Administration of Lodges, Returns and Charters. The Committee shall be composed of five (5) members including its Chairman as appointed by the Grand Master. Its functions, duties, and responsibilities are as follows:

1. To assist the Grand Secretary in the administration of all Subordinate Lodges by seeing to it that the minutes of the stated or special meetings and all other monthly reports submitted to the Grand Lodge by the Secretary of each Lodge are properly recorded and that the regulations on the submission by each Subordinate Lodge of Monthly Reports and Minutes are strictly complied with;
2. To report to the Grand Secretary and recommend action to be taken on any impropriety or errors in the Minutes or other monthly reports, or the lack of reports or copies of minutes required to be submitted monthly;
3. To review the Annual Reports submitted by all Subordinate Lodges and therefrom compile data on the membership of each Subordinate Lodge or Lodge under dispensation, and submit a written report to the Grand Secretary not later than the end of March of each year. If the Annual Report of a Lodge is not received within the period required by law, the Committee shall so inform the Grand Secretary for appropriate action;
4. To review the performance of all Lodges under Dispensation upon the return of the Dispensation and other records to the Grand Secretary as required by law and to recommend appropriate action on petitions for the issuance of a permanent charter, or submit other recommendations in respect of any Lodge, U.D., in a written report to the Grand Lodge for approval during the Annual Communication; and
5. To meet at least once a week for the performance of its functions, duties and responsibilities.

f) Committee on Grievances. The Committee shall be composed of three (3) members including its Chairman who shall be a Past Grand Master. Its functions, duties and responsibilities are as follows:

1. To review the records, proceedings, findings and decision in any case acted upon by the Trial Commission of a Subordinate Lodge, when appealed to the Grand Lodge, and to submit to the Grand Master its report and recommendation to affirm, modify, reverse or amend said findings or decision;
2. To submit a written report of its action as approved by the Grand Master to the Annual Communication for final ratification, amendment or rejection; and
3. To perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be conferred upon it by law, or by the Grand Master.

g) Committee on Correspondence. The Committee shall be composed of three (3) members including its Chairman as appointed by the Grand Master. Its functions, duties and responsibilities are as follows:

1. To review the written proceedings of other Grand Lodges as may be received by the Grand Lodge and submit a written report to the Annual Communication for appropriate action of the Grand Lodge; and
2. To study and review requests from other Grand Lodges for recognition and to submit to the Grand Master a written report of its recommendation.

h) Committee on Works. This Committee shall be composed of the Senior Grand Lecturer as a Chairman and the Junior Grand Lecturers as members. Its functions, duties and responsibilities are as follows:

1. To see to it that no innovations in the rituals and other ceremonies shall be allowed, and that no ritual or ceremony is performed without the approval of the Grand Lodge.

i) Committee on Masonic Temples and Buildings. This Committee shall be composed of five (5) members including its Chairman as appointed by the Grand Master. Its functions, duties and responsibilities are, as follows:

1. To exercise supervision over the temples and buildings of the Grand Lodge;
2. To submit recommendations to the Grand Master on any constructions, remodeling or improvement of the Grand Lodge Temple and its premises;
3. To assist any Lodge desiring to erect its own temple with regard to its planning, methods of financing, legal requirements, and other construction matters; and
4. To study the plans and specifications, together with the cost and plan of financing the construction or renovation of any temple or building of the Grand Lodge and give recommendations to the Grand Master.

j) Committee on Ways and Means. This Committee shall be composed of the officers of the Temple Builders Club and shall have the following responsibilities:

1. To raise funds for the accomplishment of the purposes of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Philippines;
2. To submit a monthly report to the Most Worshipful Grand Master; and
3. Such other matters as it may be required to perform and accomplish by the Most Worshipful Grand Master.

k) Committee on Grand Lodge Scholarship. This Committee shall be appointed by the Grand Master to serve a term of two (2) years and which shall supervise the Grand Lodge Scholarship Fund and shall have, the following functions:

1. Prepare a Circular for approval of the Grand Master in the implementation of the Scholarship Fund;
2. Prepare Application Forms, receive and screen out applicants and select Grantees who satisfy the criteria set by the Grand Lodge;
3. Endorse the Grantees to the Grand Lodge Accounting Department for the release of their scholarship subsidies; and
4. Prepare a Quarterly Report on the Fund to the Grand Master.

l) Committee on Masonic Associations and Clubs. The Committee on Masonic Associations and Clubs shall, henceforth, be composed of the following:

1. Chairman - Deputy Grand Master
2. One (1) Vice-Chairman
3. And Five (5) Members - To be appointed by the Grand Master (Amended further by Edict No. 256-A MW Rentoy)

The principal objectives of this Committee on Masonic Association and Clubs are as follows:

1. To coordinate the activities of these organizations and ensure that their programs are aligned with and in consonance with that of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines;
2. To recommend rules and guidelines that will ensure that the internal rules or law of government and conduct of these Masonic Associations and Clubs are in harmony with the general rules and regulations of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines;
3. To see to it that these organizations would serve the interest of Freemasonry in general and that of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines in particular;
4. To recommend to the Grand Master any amendments or plan of actions that will enable this Committee to perform its mandated functions (Edict No. 256 MW Gabionza).

m) Committee on Preliminary Investigation - The Committee shall be composed of a Chairman and at least five (5) members. The Chairman shall be an incumbent or past Grand Lodge Officer with recognized competence in Masonic laws and jurisprudence. The majority of members must be lawyers.

Its functions, duties and responsibilities shall be as follows:

a) It shall be responsible in conducting preliminary investigation for the purpose of establishing the existence of probable cause or lack thereof, on all complaints and charges for violation of the Ancient Charges, the Constitution, Edicts, Rules, Regulations and Ordinances of the Grand Lodge, or of the By-Laws of the Lodge, or for unmasonic conduct or for offenses against the Grand Lodge and/or its constituted officers, filed against masons under the exclusive and primary jurisdiction of the grand Lodge, namely:

i) incumbent past elective grand lodge officers other than the Grand Master; ii) incumbent or past appointive grand lodge officers; iii) incumbent masters of lodges; iv) past masters of lodges; and v) officers and employees of the Grand Lodge and affiliated allied organizations and Grand Lodge employees (Edict No. 293 MW Gazmin).