These 'rules' are a re-wording of internal SYMMETRY functions 1, 2, 3, and 14. The .arc file will include the symmetry data. In order to change the .arc file symmetry data into normal symmetry data, change AUTOSYM in the .arc file to SYMMETRY.
AUTOSYM only adds symmetry to coordinates that can be optimized. If a
coordinate has an optimization flag of "0", it will not be looked at by AUTOSYM.
Consider benzene: If someone built the Z-matrix in internal coordinates, they
would likely mark the C-C and C-H distances as optimizable, and lock the angles
and dihedrals. If they used AUTOSYM, then it would symmetry-relate all the C-C
distances and all of the C-H distances, but leave the angles and dihedrals
untouched.