(d) If ministers of state or Panglima Pihaq are robbed, the thief shall be fined twenty-five pieces of calico.
(e) If subordinate officers below the panglima[6] or inland country pandita or the agents of the sultan or panglima are robbed, the thief shall be fined twenty pieces of calico.
(f) If children of subordinate rulers or chiefs are robbed, the thief shall be fined ten pieces of calico.
Sec. 2. (a) Theft of small articles (petit larceny) such as articles of diet, etc., of the value of one piece or half of a kusta or sarong, shall not be punished by fines, but the articles themselves shall be restored to the proper owner or owners, twofold, and the thief shall suffer fifty lashes; if the theft is repeated on two or three occasions, the offense shall then be regarded as a case of great theft.
(b) Theft of property of the value of one kusta and over is great theft (grand larceny) and shall be punished by fine as provided in section one: Provided further, That the articles of property stolen shall be restored to the owner or owners thereof, and the thief shall suffer one hundred lashes.
The fine shall be divided between the person robbed and the governor (the chief usually acts as judge), in the following manner: When no trial shall have been held, the robbed party shall receive seven parts and the governor three parts; if a trial is held, the fine shall be divided equally between the governor and the party robbed, whether he be a person of rank or otherwise.
(c) If the thief is a great or noted person or a governor, the fine shall be doubled.
(d) The same penalty shall be applied to all persons convicted of theft, whether male or female.
(e) In all cases of theft the stolen property shall be restored to the owner or owners thereof.
(f) The buyer of stolen property shall be regarded as a thief unless he proves the truth of the sale in the presence of the governor. If he fails to have the seller examined and brought before the governor, he shall be regarded as a partner in the theft.