82 MARITIME CODE. 



Of Adultery and Criminal Connection with a 

 Woman, on board a Prahu. 



" If any Person on board a Prahu Las criminal connection 

 with the Woman of the Nakhoda it is the Law, that he be put 

 to death." 



" If the parties are not slaves, and the Woman is married, 

 it shall be lawful for the Nakhoda to order them both to be 

 put to death by the Crew." 



" If the parties are not Slaves and both unmarried, they 

 shall be punished with one hundred stripes each, and after- 

 wards obliged to marry. This punishment may be compound- 

 ed, on the parties paying a fine of 1 Tahil, 1 Paha (6 Dol- 

 lars); but in either case they must marry, and if necessary, be 

 forced to do so, after which the woman's fault shall be for- 

 gotten." 



" If a man, not a Slave, has criminal connection with a 

 female Slave who cohabits with her master, he shall pay to 

 the master the value of such Slave provided she has never 

 been pregnant aud but lately cohabited with her master ; but 

 if she has been pregnant and long cohabited with her master, 

 the man shall be put to death. In either case the Woman 

 shall suffer death." 



Ci If a man is not a Slave and commits adultery with the 

 wife of any of the Crew, it shall be lawful for the husband to 

 put him to death without further reference. The husband 

 may also put the woman to death; if he does not do so, she 

 becomes the Slave of the Nakhoda, who shall provide him 

 with one, in order that he may be content and ready in the 

 performance of his duty on board the Prahu/ 5 



(i If a male Slave has criminal connection with a female 

 Slave, they shall suffer the punishment of beating, which is to 

 be inflicted by the whole Crew, under the superintendence of 

 the Tukang Agung, for such is the law in this case with res- 

 pect to Slaves." 



" If any person holds an improper discourse with the fe- 

 male Slave of another person and it is in presence of many, 

 he shall be made to pay her value " 



(3) the first of these words means " dispute/" the 2nd the meaning- of 

 may approximately be conjectured from the contents and in the same way 

 as hinted at in the 1st note in the preceding- page. — D._F. A. H. 



