[222] Bhikkhus, here again a bhikkhu is a maker of strife, a maker of quarrels, a maker of disputes, a maker of contentious talk, a maker of legal issues (adhikaraṇa) in the Saṅgha. If in that case it occurs to the bhikkhus thus: "Friends, this bhikkhu is a maker of strife, a maker of quarrels, a maker of disputes, a maker of contentious talk, a maker of legal issues in the Saṅgha. Come, let us carry out an act of censure (tajjanīyakamma) against him," and they carry out the act of censure against him — united, but by a semblance of Dhamma (dhammapaṭirūpaka). The Saṅgha present there disputes: "It is an act by a faction, contrary to Dhamma; an act by a united assembly, contrary to Dhamma; an act by a faction, in accordance with Dhamma; an act by a faction, by a semblance of Dhamma; an act by a united assembly, by a semblance of Dhamma; the act is not done; the act is badly done; the act must be done again." Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus there who spoke thus: "It is an act by a united assembly, by a semblance of Dhamma," and those bhikkhus who spoke thus: "The act is not done; the act is badly done; the act must be done again" — these bhikkhus therein are speakers of Dhamma.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.