[498] How is a bhikkhu suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view (diṭṭhivipatti)? Bhikkhus, here, by whatever modes (ākāra), whatever characteristics (liṅga), whatever signs (nimitta) a bhikkhu is suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view — by those modes, those characteristics, those signs a bhikkhu sees a bhikkhu suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view. Or a bhikkhu does not himself see a bhikkhu suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view, but another bhikkhu informs that bhikkhu: "Friend, the bhikkhu named so-and-so is suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view." Or a bhikkhu does not himself see a bhikkhu suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view, nor does another bhikkhu inform that bhikkhu: "Friend, the bhikkhu named so-and-so is suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view," but that very bhikkhu informs the bhikkhu: "Friend, I am suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view."
Bhikkhus, if he so wishes, on that day of the Uposatha, the fourteenth or the fifteenth, when that person is present, the bhikkhu may, on the ground of that seeing, that hearing, that suspicion, declare in the midst of the Saṅgha: "Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha listen to me. The person named so-and-so is suspected, on account of what has been seen and heard, of failure in view. I suspend the Pātimokkha for him. The Pātimokkha should not be recited while he is present." This is a legitimate suspension of the Pātimokkha (pātimokkhaṭṭhapana).
These are the ten legitimate suspensions of the Pātimokkha.
The first recitation section (bhāṇavāra).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.