First, all of the Benkan and Shi (lower ranking official) (Ritsuryo system [a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code]) and as witnesses, Shonagon (lesser councilor of state) and Geki, sit in the Katanashi-dokoro.
まず結政所に弁官全員とその下の史(律令制)、更に立会いとして少納言・外記が着座する。