[1352] 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 to be performed by 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 present protest. In a formal act to be performed by 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 present protest. In a formal act to be performed by 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, yet those present protest.
In a formal act to be performed by a group of five … In a formal act to be performed by a group of ten …
In a formal act to be performed by 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 present protest. In a formal act to be performed by 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 present protest. In a formal act to be performed by 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, yet those present protest.
It is in these twelve ways that formal acts fail on account of the assembly.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.