Can.1428 $1. A judge or the president of a collegiate tribunal can designate an auditor to carry out the instruction of a case, selecting one either from among the judges of
the tribunal or from among the persons approved for this function by the bishop.
$2. The bishop can approve for the function of auditor clerics or lay persons who are outstanding for their good character, prudence and learning.
$3. The only task of the auditor is to collect the proofs according to the mandate of the judge and to present auditor can in the meantime decide which proofs are to be
collected and how they are to be collected if such a question perhaps arises while the auditor is exercising his or her function.
Can.1429 The president of a collegiate tribunal must assign one of the collegiate judges as ponens or relator who reports on the case at the meeting of the judges and puts the
sentence into writing; for a just cause the president may substitute another in place of the original relator.