[1345] How do formal acts (kamma) fail on account of the assembly (parisā)? Formal acts fail on account of the assembly in twelve ways:
In a formal act requiring a group of four (catuvaggakaraṇa), as many bhikkhus as are entitled to take part in the act (kammappatta) have not come; the consent (chanda) of those entitled to give consent has not been conveyed; and those who are present protest. In a formal act requiring a group of four, as many bhikkhus as are entitled to take part in the act have come; but the consent of those entitled to give consent has not been conveyed; and those who are present protest. In a formal act requiring a group of four, as many bhikkhus as are entitled to take part in the act have come; the consent of those entitled to give consent has been conveyed; but those who are present protest.
In a formal act requiring a group of five … In a formal act requiring a group of ten … In a formal act requiring a group of twenty, as many bhikkhus as are entitled to take part in the act have not come; the consent of those entitled to give consent has not been conveyed; and those who are present protest. In a formal act requiring a group of twenty, as many bhikkhus as are entitled to take part in the act have come; but the consent of those entitled to give consent has not been conveyed; and those who are present protest. In a formal act requiring a group of twenty, as many bhikkhus as are entitled to take part in the act have come; the consent of those entitled to give consent has been conveyed; but those who are present protest.
In these twelve ways formal acts fail on account of the assembly.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.