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Section of urgent reports

Any urgent requests with high priority should be responded to within four hours. Urgencies from the Heaven on High are different from retributions administered by the Numinous Officers of the underworld. Those who delay the response beyond the time limit or make mistakes in copying the report shall be given a hundred strokes with the heavy rod. They are allowed to report again and await a response for implementation. Those who delay due to mistakes made in the report from the Court of Exorcism can be exempt.

Any urgent memorials and documents should be [delivered] within one day; less urgent, within three days; ordinary ones, to be responded to within seven days. These refer to memorials to the Heaven on High. All should be communicated with a guiding note and be escorted out of the local domain. Those who stop or delay the communication without authorization, for one day shall be given a hundred strokes with the heavy rod; for ten days, one extra level of penalty shall be given, until reaching three years’ penal servitude. Cases with serious consequences should be reported in detail to the court.