[232] Bhikkhus, here a bhikkhu upon whom an act of subordination (niyassakamma) has been carried out by the Saṅgha conducts himself properly, becomes subdued, behaves so as to make amends, and asks for the revocation of the act of subordination. If the bhikkhus there think thus: "Friends, this bhikkhu upon whom an act of subordination has been carried out by the Saṅgha conducts himself properly, has become subdued, behaves so as to make amends, and asks for the revocation of the act of subordination. Come now, let us revoke the act of subordination for him," and they revoke the act of subordination for him — by an incomplete assembly, contrary to the Dhamma … by a complete assembly, contrary to the Dhamma; by an incomplete assembly, in accordance with the Dhamma; by an incomplete assembly, with a semblance of the Dhamma; by a complete assembly, with a semblance of the Dhamma — then the Saṅgha present there disputes: "It is an act by an incomplete assembly contrary to the Dhamma; an act by a complete assembly contrary to the Dhamma; an act by an incomplete assembly in accordance with the Dhamma; an act by an incomplete assembly with a semblance of the Dhamma; an act by a complete assembly with a semblance of the Dhamma; the act is not done; the act is badly done; the act must be done again."
Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus there who say, "It is an act by a complete assembly with a semblance of the Dhamma," and those bhikkhus who say, "The act is not done; the act is badly done; the act must be done again" — these bhikkhus there are speakers of Dhamma.
These five cases are given in brief.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.