296 — MALAY SLAVERY LAW. : 
If a slave give abusive language toa free person, he shall 
receive a blow in his face, or have a tooth extracted. 
If a slave, whether male or female, hit another slave a slap 
in the face, the offender shall be fined to the extent of half the 
price of the slave assaulted. By the law of God he who strikes 
shall be struck again, and this is the law of retaliation and is 
named justice. 
Homicide. 
If a slave ordebtor run amok in the city, it shall be lawful to 
kill him but when once apprehended, should he be put to death, 
the slayer shall be fined ten ¢ahi/s and one paha. 
If a slave commit a murder it shall be lawful for a third per- 
son to put him to death, when the affair occurs in a distant 
situation and there is a difficulty in securing the criminal ; but 
if it take place near authority, the slayer shall be fined five 
tuhils and one paha for having killed the slave without the. 
leave of his master or those in authority; in this last case, 
however, should the slave have been mortally wounded, it shall 
be lawful to put him to death. 
If a free man kill a slave of the king he shall be fined in the 
value of the said slave seven times seven-fold, or if he escape 
the fine, he shall be put to death or become for ever with his 
family and relations slaves to the king. 
Ifa man of high rank killa slave of the king he shall be 
fined one catty and five ¢ahils, and not put to death, but if the 
slave shall have been killed by such great man for some crime, 
nothing shall be said on the subject. 
If a slave commit a theft and be apprehended and put to 
death, the slayer shall be fined half his value, one-half to go 
to the magistrate and one-half to his master, for the offence of 
not informing the magistrate. 
Ifa person apprehend a slave of the king committing a 
theft and then kill him, he shall be fined ten fahi/s and one 
paha, butif he put him to death in the act of committing a theft 
he shali have committed no offence. 
If a slave shall be killed by the owner of the stolen property 
