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9.282. But he who, except in a case of extreme necessity, drops filth on the king’s high-road, shall pay two
karshapanas and immediately remove (that) filth.
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9.283. But a person in urgent necessity, an aged man, a pregnant woman, or a child, shall be reprimanded and
clean the (place); that is a settled rule.
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9.284. All physicians who treat (their patients) wrongly (shall pay) a fine; in the case of animals, the first (or
lowest); in the case of human beings, the middlemost (amercement).
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9.285. He who destroys a bridge, the flag (of a temple or royal palace), a pole, or images, shall repair the whole
(damage) and pay five hundred (panas).
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9.286. For adulterating unadulterated commodities, and for breaking gems or for improperly boring (them), the
fine is the first (or lowest) amercement.
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9.287. But that man who behaves dishonestly to honest (customers) or cheats in his prices, shall be fined in the
first or in the middlemost amercement.
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9.288. Let him place all prisons near a high-road, where the suffering and disfigured offenders can be seen.
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9.289. Him who destroys the wall (of a town), or fills up the ditch (round a town), or breaks a (town)- gate, he
shall instantly banish.
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9.290. For all incantations intended to destroy life, for magic rites with roots (practised by persons) not related
(to him against whom they are directed), and for various kinds of sorcery, a fine of two hundred (panas) shall be
inflicted.
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9.291. He who sells (for seed-corn that which is) not seed-corn, he who takes up seed (already sown), and he
who destroys a boundary (-mark), shall be punished by mutilation.
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9.292. But the king shall cause a goldsmith who behaves dishonestly, the most nocuous of all the thorns, to be
cut to pieces with razors.