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nya jikalau barang sa-suatu hal-nya ter-tanggong atas orang yang 
mem-bawa dia yani atas diri-nya atau atas sakei-nya sa-lagi belum 
kambali pada penghulu-nya atau tuan-nya ada-pun jikalau mem-bawa 
dia seperti yang telah ter-sebut itu jikalau ka-hulu musafir al-kesah 
yani hingga Pelak jikalau ka-laut hingga Penara dan Benchah 
jikalau barang suatu ahwal-nya tidak-lah ter-tanggong atas-nya ada 
pula suatu kaul hukum resam jikalau taksir yang mem-bawa itu 
seperti di-lalu-i-nya hingga yang telah ter-sebut itu dengan sa-tahu 
yang mem-bawa dia atau mati dengan karja yang di-suroh-kan-nya 
menyilih sa-harga-nya maka ter-utama sakali sagala orang mem-bawa 
‘abdi orang itu dengan sa-tahu tuan-nya maka handak-lah sagala 
hamba orang pergi men-chahari itu dengan tefehus tuan-nya jikalau 
tiada damikian ter-tanggong atas tuan-nya me-lain-kan pergi-nya itu 
tiada dengan sa-tahu tuan-nya atau kamdian deri-pada tefehus 
tuan-nya maka tiada-lah ter-tanggong atas tuan-nya me-lain-kan 
atas-nya juga. 
Chapter the tenth—To declare the law regarding free-men who take 
(for any purpose) the debtors, sakez, bidwanda or slaves of others 
without the knowledge of their penghulus or masters.—In such a 
ease should anything happen the responsibility rests with him who 
takes the slaves, ete. (both upon him personally and upon his com- 
panions) until they have been returned to their penghulu or master. 
Tf a slave is taken in the manner above-mentioned and travels 
into the interior as far as Pelak, or by sea as far as Penara and Ben- 
chah, no responsibility is incurred, but according to one version of 
the customary law, if there is default on the part of him who takes 
him, as, for instance, if the slave passes the limits above-mentioned 
with the knowledge of him who takes him, or diesin the performance 
of some work which he is ordered by the latter to do, his price is 
recoverable. Wherefor itis above all things incumbent on those 
who take with them the slaves of others to do so with the consent 
of their masters. All slaves who go forth to seek a livelihood must 
