204 MALAY SLAVERY LAW. 
If a thief running away with a slave conceal such slave not 
in his house, but in a forest or in a boat or vessel, he shall only 
be fined 5 ¢ahils. 
If a slave on board a ship commits theft and gives the stolen 
property to his master, who does not make the affair known to 
the commander, the slave shall suffer amputation of his hand 
and the master shall be fined the usual fine for receiving stolen 
property. 
If a slave on board a ship accuse a freeman cf a theft and 
there be no witnesses and no evidence, he shall be punished as 
if on shore, that is to say suffer amputation of a hand, or pay 
the customary fine of one tahi/ and one paha because he has 
presumed unjustly to accuse a freeman. 
Kidnapping. 
Ifaman carry off to sea or into the interior beyond a day 
and a night’s journey, the retainer of another without the per- 
mission of his chief and such retainer die, the person so carrying 
him off shall forfeit the full amount of his value or furnish a 
substitute for the benefit of the chief ; should the distance in this 
case not exceed halfa day’s journey, no penalty shall be incurred. 
But in the case of freemen, by the law of God, no substitute nor 
penalty shall be incurred. 
It aman kidnapa slave belonging to the king it shall be 
lawful to put him to death, and his property shall be confiscated. 
If the slave be the property of the first minister or any other 
great officer of state and the person convicted of taking him 
away be the commander of the ship himself, it shall be lawful 
to put him to death. 
If the person so offending be one of a crew, the commander 
shall be fined in the sum of ten tails and one paha and the 
offender shall suffer death. 
If the kidnapped slaves belong to an ordinary person the 
offender shall be either put to death or fined in the sum of ten 
-tahils and one paha, at the discretion of the Magistrate. 
If a commander kidnaps the slave of the intendant of the port 
he shall be put to death, and all his property confiscated or 
