If anyone steals, murders, libels, cheats on his taxes, rapes, defrauds, uses illegal drugs, or in any other way opposes lawful authority, he will face severe discipline from the congregation ​ — and he should not feel persecuted when he is punished by the secular authority. ​ — 1 Corinthians 5: 12, 13; 1 Peter 2: 13 - 17, 20.
अगर ऐसा हो भी जाता है कि मण्डली का कोई व्यक्‍ति नियम भंग करता है, तो मण्डली उसे विधिसम्मत सज़ा से बच निकलने की मदद नहीं करेगा ।