In such a case, those monks should do the invitation ceremony once more. There’s an offense of wrong conduct for those who already have invited. On the invitation day, five or more resident monks may have gathered together in a certain monastery. there are other resident monks who haven’t arrived. Perceiving that they’re acting according to the Teaching and the Monastic Law, yet correctly perceiving the assembly as incomplete, they do the invitation ceremony. While they’re doing it, an equal number of resident monks arrive. In such a case, the invitations of those who already have invited are valid, but the others should invite. There’s an offense of wrong conduct for those who already have invited. On the invitation day, five or more resident monks may have gathered together in a certain monastery. there are other resident monks who haven’t arrived.