223. He who batters, rends, breaks or pulls down a wall, shall be made to pay a fine of five, ten or twenty paṇas besides the value.
224. He who casts into a dwelling house any thing hurtful or destructive of life, shall be made to pay, for the first a fine of sixteen paṇas, for the second the middle fine.
225. For injury to the smaller sort of cattle, or for shedding their blood, for lopping one of their horns or the like[313] or one of their limbs, one shall pay a fine of two and a half paṇas and upwards.
226. For cutting off the male privy member [of such cattle], or slaying [one], the middle fine, as well as the value [of the animal], shall be paid. For the larger cattle in such cases the fine is double.[314]
227. For cutting down branches, or the trunk, or the entire tree,[315] of such as re-produce [after mutilation], [also for similar injuries] to trees which supply food,[316] the fine shall be doubled progressively up from twenty paṇas:[317]
228. should the trees be growing where there are memorial erections, or in places for disposal of the dead, or on boundary lines, or in holy places, or in a temple, a double fine [shall be levied]; so, for any famous tree.[318]
229. For cutting brushwood, grasses, shrubs, climbing plants, ground-spreading creepers, annuals, and herbs, at the places above mentioned, half of the fine is ordained.
230. Forcibly taking away [any thing, though it be] public property, is sáhasa;[319] the fine for it is double the value [of the property]. [If the crime be,] on denial, [proved,] then, four times the value.
231. He who instigates the commission of sáhasa, shall pay a double fine, and four-fold if he instigate by promise of reward.