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VISHNU.
V, 128.
128. And he shall be fined a hundred Panas by the king.
129. If there should be a loss upon a commodity purchased, which the purchaser refuses to accept (though it has been tendered to him), the loss shall fall upon the purchaser.
130. He who sells a commodity on which the king has laid an embargo, shall have it confiscated.
131. A ferry-man who takes a toll payable (for commodities conveyed) by land shall be fined ten Panas.
132. Likewise, a ferry-man, or an official at a toll-office, who takes a fare or toll from a student, or Vânaprastha (hermit), or a Bhikshu (ascetic or religious mendicant), or a pregnant woman, or one about to visit a place of pilgrimage;
133. And he shall restore it to them.
134. Those who use false dice in gaming shall lose one hand.
135. Those who resort to (other) fraudulent practices in gaming shall lose two fingers (the thumb and the index).
136. Cutpurses shall lose one hand.
137. Cattle being attacked, during day-time, by wolves or other ferocious animals, and the keeper not going (to repel the attack), the blame shall fall upon him;
138. And he shall make good to the owner the value of the cattle that has perished.
139. If he milks a cow without permission, (he shall pay) twenty-five Kârshâpanas (as a fine).
131. The toll mentioned here is the duty on marketable commodities mentioned above, III, 29, 30. (Nand.)
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