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@Tom268: Art. 344. Status of E.As and F.Cs Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts are Masons but they are not mem-bers of the Lodge and cannot vote or dimit, but shall be entitled to Masonic burial subject to the provisions of Art. 360. They are entitled to sit in the Lodge or Lodges in which they have received a degree or degrees, or to visit like Lodges upon examination or proper avouchment. (See Art. 60.) Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts may attend Masonic funerals and appear in public wearing aprons of their respective degrees, provided the Lodge has dispensation to appear in public, and they do not participate in any of the ceremonies.
Art. 433 Except as provided in Art. 39, a candidate cannot be passed or raised until at least 14 days after his receiving the preceding degree; and until he has been examined in open Lodge and voted proficient in the trial lecture of the preceding degree.