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of such notice, appeal for action by the President of the Synod (Constitution Art. XI B 1–3).
The accuser shall so notify the district president, who shall within 15 days:
(1) notify the accused and any other district president involved that an appeal for action is
underway; and
(2) forward the appeal for action, with the record of his investigation and determination and
the accuser’s formal written accusation, to the President of the Synod.
(b) The President of the Synod shall, within 15 days of receipt of such appeal for action,
consult with the district president.
(c) The President of the Synod may consult with the accuser, the accused, and others involved.
He may appoint an investigative committee and / or ask an opinion of the CCM or CTCR,
which opinion shall be followed. He shall consult with the vice-presidents of the Synod.
(d) The President of the Synod may, in a matter of doctrine and practice, and within 120 days
of receipt of notice, suspend the member as provided in Bylaw 2.17.6 and then, as the
“suspending ecclesiastical supervisor,” carry out the formal proceedings of Bylaw 2.17.7 and
following.
(e) If the determination is made not to initiate formal proceedings, the President of the Synod
shall in writing so inform the accuser, any district president involved, and the involved member.
2.17.5.4 If the district president fails to act within 60 days after receipt of the formal written complaint or
accusation, the accuser may present a formal written request to the district president for the
forming of the Referral Panel, which request the district president must grant. If the provisions of
Bylaw 2.17.4 have not been carried out, the Referral Panel shall carry out these provisions in the
process of making its determination whether or not to initiate formal proceedings.
Commencing Formal Proceedings
2.17.6 If the district president or the President of the Synod or the chairman of the Council of Presidents
or the Referral Panel, which ever the case may be, concludes that the facts form a basis for
expulsion of the member under Article XIII of the Constitution, the appropriate ecclesiastical
supervisor in commencing the formal proceedings shall
(a)–(c)
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2.17.6.1
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Hearing Panel
2.17.7–2.17.7.1
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2.17.7.2 A Hearing Panel consisting of two district presidents (excluding the involved district president[s]),
two lay reconcilers, and one ordained reconciler, selected as follows, shall conduct the hearing:
(a)–(c)
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(d) Each Hearing Panel shall be assisted by a nonvoting hearing facilitator selected according
to Bylaw 2.14.2 (kj).
(e)–(g)
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2.17.7.3–2.17.7.8
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2.17.7.9 Upon completion of the hearing, the Hearing Panel shall deliberate and then issue its written
decision within 30 days.
(a) Copies of the decision shall be mailed to the accused, the district president who imposed
the suspensionsuspending ecclesiastical supervisor, the accuser and his/her district president,
the Secretary of the Synod, and the President of the Synod.
(b)–(d)
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