ARTICLE 2:
AUDITORS AND RELATORS
Can.
1428 §1 The judge or, in the case of a collegiate tribunal, the presiding
judge, can designate an auditor to instruct the case. The auditor may be chosen
from the tribunal judges, or from persons approved by the Bishop for this
office.
§2 The
Bishop can approve clerics or lay persons for the role of auditor. They are to
be persons conspicuous for their good conduct, prudence and learning.
§3 The task
of the auditor is solely to gather the evidence in accordance with the judge's
commission and, when gathered, to submit it to the judge. Unless the judge
determines otherwise, however, an auditor can in the meantime decide what
evidence is to be collected and the manner of its collection, should any question
arise about these matters while the auditor is carrying out his role.
Can.
1429 The presiding judge of a collegiate tribunal is to designate one of the
judges of the college as 'ponens' or 'relator'. This person is to present the case
at the meeting of the judges and set out the judgement in writing. For a just
reason the presiding judge can substitute another person in the place of the
'ponens'.
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