MALAY SLAVERY LAW. 295 
pay a fine of one catty oe eo tahils. 
Offences against the Marriage Contract. 
If a slave pay his adresses to a betrothed person of his own 
condition he shall be fined ten mas and no more. 
Adultery. 
Ifa man attempt to seduce a female slave the property of 
another, he shall be fined five mas, but should he actually have 
cohabited with her, he shall be fined double that amount. 
Tfiaman dedower the slave of another, he shall be fined ten 
mas, for he has committed violence. 
If a free man have criminal conversation with the slave of 
another, such free man shall be thrown upon his hands and be 
made to pay the master the slave’s price two-fold. 
If however in this case the slave shall have been pregnant by 
the master, the offenders shall both of them be put to death. 
Even if the slave have not been pregnant but have long 
lived with her master as if she were his wife, it shall also be 
proper that the offenders be put to death. 
If a slave is caught in criminal conversation with another 
slave, the whole crew shall fall upon them and beat them. 
This matter rests with the chief of the midship. 
Assaults. 
If a slave cut and wound a free man, he shall be forfeited as 
a slave for life to the king. 
If a free man cut and wound a slave, he shall be fined half 
the slave’s value, or, if very poor, ten mas. 
Ifa slave give a free man a slap on the face, his hand shall 
be cut off. 
Ifa free man give a slave a slap on the face, without 
offence on the part of the latter, he shall be fined, if poor five 
mas, if rich tenmas. But if the slave should have been insolent, 
the free man shall not be considered in fault. 
