They should say to him, ‘The Buddha has laid down a rule that the invitation ceremony should be done in a complete assembly. If you know the offender, but not the offense, then say now what it is that you suspect.’ It may happen on the invitation day that a monk announces in the midst of the Sangha: ‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. I know of an offender and his offense. If the Sangha is ready, it should set aside the offense and then do the invitation ceremony without the offender.’ They should say to him, ‘The Buddha has laid down a rule that the invitation ceremony should be done in a complete assembly by monks who are pure. If you know an offender and his offense, then say now what they are.’