Dual membership is always contingent on the member maintaining good standing in the Lodge where he either received his Degrees or joined by submission of a dimit or submission of a certificate of transfer, as that Lodge maintains jurisdiction over the member. Further, if any member should take his dimit from said Lodge, he must submit it to a Lodge within 90 days or his dual membership ceases to exist. This rule is applicable to all Masonic organizations basing their membership on good standing in a Masonic Lodge. If a member submits his dimit to a Lodge where he is a dual member, he automatically becomes a full member of that Lodge.

Sec. 2.120. A Brother Holding Plural Membership Must Make Known to Each Lodge His Membership, Pending Charges, or Suspensions in Another Lodge: Secretaries Shall Report to All Other Lodges to Which Such Member Belongs. — It shall be the duty of every Brother who is a member of two or more Lodges to make known to each of said Lodges the other Lodges in which he holds membership.

When any such member shall voluntarily terminate his membership or shall be suspended from any such Lodge for non_payment of dues, or when charges of un_Masonic conduct are preferred against him, as well as when the result of such charges has been announced, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to immediately inform the other of said Lodges of such action, as well as all Lodges in the same Masonic district in which action was taken; and all Secretaries, in reporting membership shall, immediately following the members' names, give the number of each other Lodge in which such members hold membership. (1975)

Sec. 2.152. Effect of Suspensions and Expulsions. — All suspensions and expulsions involve absolute exclusion from all the rights and benefits of Masonry throughout the world, during the continuance of such suspension or expulsion.

DECISIONS

1961 D_23, §_2.152, §_2.158
The provisions of Sec. 2.152 and Sec. 2.158 operate to suspend a Virginia Mason holding dual membership in another Grand Jurisdiction if he is suspended in it for any reason. (C. M. Flintoff)

Sec. 2.154. When and Under What Condition Application for Reinstatement of a Brother Suspended for Non_Payment of Dues May be Granted. — No application for reinstatement of a Mason suspended for non_payment of dues can be considered until all dues and assessments of the Lodge in which he was suspended, and to all other Lodges of which he was a member at the time of his suspension, shall be paid or remitted by a vote of such Lodges

Sec. 2.157. How Reinstated If His Lodge Becomes Suspended or Extinct. — If the Lodge which suspended him becomes suspended or extinct, he may pay his arrearage of dues to the Grand Secretary, and thereafter any other Lodge of which he was a member at the time of his suspension, or in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, shall have authority to reinstate him. (1975)

1935 D_4, §_2.157
Affiliate of Va. Lodge from Grand Jurisdiction which permits dual membership stands suspended in the Va. Lodge if suspended by Lodge under other Grand Lodge. If restored there he must apply again to the Lodge for membership. There is no automatic restoration. (W. M. Brown)

Sec. 2.158. In Case of Dual Membership, Suspension in One Lodge Suspends in All. — The suspension by one of his Lodges of a Brother who holds dual membership, suspends him from membership in all of his Lodges. [Refer: Sec. 2.152]

1961 D_23, §_2.152, §_2.158
The provisions of Sec. 2.152 and Sec. 2.158 operate to suspend a Virginia Mason holding dual membership in another Grand Jurisdiction if he is suspended in it for any reason. (C. M. Flintoff)