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he shall be banished to some distant island, such as Pal-’ 
merston’s, and shall return only at the will or pleasure of 
the king. 
IX. Regarding Bigamy. 
It is not proper that one husband should have two 
wives, nor that one wife should have two husbands. In 
reference to the man who may have had two w ives from a 
state of heathenism, let nothing be said, but let it remain ; 
but if one of his wives die and the other remain, he shall 
not have two again. When a man obstinately persists in 
taking another wife, the magistrate shall cause his second 
wife to be separated from him; and shall adjudge, to both, 
labour as a punishment. The man shall make a piece of 
road forty fathoms long, and two fathoms wide : and the 
woman shall make two floor-mats; if not these, four 
wearing mats ; half for the king, and half for the governor 
(of the district.) 
X. Concerning a Wife formely Forsaken. 
The man, who, in a state of heathenism, forsook his 
wife and married another woman, shall not return to his 
former wife, neither shall the wife (having married 
another husband) return to the husband she forsook when 
in a state of heathenism. The man or the woman that 
shall persist to return, shall be punished ; the punishment 
adjudged, shall be similar to that which is annexed to the 
breach of the ninth law. 
XI. Concerning Married Women, and Married Men. 
This law respects the. crime of adultery. [It is unne¬ 
cessary to give the details of its enactments; it requires 
compensation in property for the offended party, and pro¬ 
hibits the offenders from marrying during the life of the 
injured individuals.] 
XII. Concering (Divorce) Putting away Husbands* 
and Putting away Wives. 
That a man should put away his wife, who has not bees 
unfaithful to him, is wrong. The magistrates shall admo* 
nish such an one that he receive his wife again. If he 
will not regard the admonition, let him be punished with 
labour till the day that he will return to his wife. If he 
is obstinate, and will not return, then they shall both 
remain till one of them die ; the husband shall not marry 
