[617] Bhikkhus, an act of condemnation for aggravated misconduct (tassapāpiyasikā-kamma) possessed of three factors is both a legitimate act (dhammakamma) and an act in accordance with the discipline (vinayakamma), and is well settled: it is done in the presence [of the accused]; it is done with interrogation; it is done with his acknowledgment (paṭiññā). Bhikkhus, an act of condemnation for aggravated misconduct possessed of these three factors is both a legitimate act and an act in accordance with the discipline, and is well settled. …
Bhikkhus, an act of condemnation for aggravated misconduct possessed of another three factors is both a legitimate act and an act in accordance with the discipline, and is well settled: it is done having charged him with the offense (āpatti); it is done in accordance with the Dhamma; it is done by a united [Saṅgha]. Bhikkhus, an act of condemnation for aggravated misconduct possessed of these three factors is both a legitimate act and an act in accordance with the discipline, and is well settled.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.