[601] The Saṅgha should be informed by a competent and capable bhikkhu:
"Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha listen to me. This bhikkhu Gagga was mad, his mind deranged. While mad, his mind deranged, he perpetrated much that is unworthy of an ascetic, both in what was spoken and in what was enacted. The bhikkhus charge the bhikkhu Gagga with an offence (āpatti) perpetrated while he was mad, his mind deranged, saying: 'Let the venerable one recall having fallen into such an offence.' He speaks thus: 'Friends, I was mad, my mind deranged. While I was mad, my mind deranged, much that is unworthy of an ascetic was perpetrated by me, both in what was spoken and in what was enacted. I do not remember it; this was done by me while I was out of my mind.' Though he speaks thus, they still charge him: 'Let the venerable one recall having fallen into such an offence.' He, no longer deranged, asks the Saṅgha for a verdict of past insanity (amūḷhavinaya). If it seems fitting to the Saṅgha, let the Saṅgha grant the verdict of past insanity to the bhikkhu Gagga, who is no longer deranged. This is the motion (ñatti).
"Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha listen to me. This bhikkhu Gagga was mad, his mind deranged. While mad, his mind deranged, he perpetrated much that is unworthy of an ascetic, both in what was spoken and in what was enacted. The bhikkhus charge the bhikkhu Gagga with an offence perpetrated while he was mad, his mind deranged, saying: 'Let the venerable one recall having fallen into such an offence.' He speaks thus: 'Friends, I was mad, my mind deranged. While I was mad, my mind deranged, much that is unworthy of an ascetic was perpetrated by me, both in what was spoken and in what was enacted. I do not remember it; this was done by me while I was out of my mind.' Though he speaks thus, they still charge him: 'Let the venerable one recall having fallen into such an offence.' He, no longer deranged, asks the Saṅgha for a verdict of past insanity. The Saṅgha grants the verdict of past insanity to the bhikkhu Gagga, who is no longer deranged. Whichever venerable one approves of the granting of the verdict of past insanity to the bhikkhu Gagga, who is no longer deranged, let him remain silent; whichever one does not approve, let him speak.
"A second time I speak this matter … A third time I speak this matter …
"The verdict of past insanity has been granted by the Saṅgha to the bhikkhu Gagga, who is no longer deranged. The Saṅgha approves; therefore it is silent. Thus I hold it."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.