232. He who rails at a venerable person,[320] or who disobeys such an one, he who maltreats his brother's wife,[321] he who fails to give that which he has promised, he who forces a dwelling-house with a seal upon it,[322]
233. he who does harm to his neighbour, or to his kindred, and such like[323]—each of these shall be fined fifty paṇas. So is it enjoined.
234. He who, [on the impulse] of his own will [merely], goes to a widow,[324] he who, when there is a cry for help, does not haste [to render it], he who reviles without cause, a chandála[325] who touches one of higher cast,
235. he who, when making an oblation to the gods or to ancestors, feeds Śúdrás, or pravrájikas,[326] he who swears an improper oath, or who does what he has no title to do,[327]
236. he who emasculates a bull or smaller animal, who embezzles common property, who destroys the embryo of a female slave,
237. and, among fathers and sons, sisters and brothers, husbands and wives, teachers and disciples, if either desert the other, [he or she] not being an outcast—[in these several instances,] the fine is a hundred paṇas.[328]
238. A washerman who wears another's dress shall be fined three paṇas; if he sell, let out, pledge, or, when importuned [give it away],[329] ten paṇas.
239. If, when father and son quarrel, one volunteer to be a witness,[330] the fine is three paṇas; but, if [on such an occasion] one offer himself as surety,[331] he shall be fined eight-fold.
240. Whoever falsifies scales, or a royal order, or a measure,[332] or a coin,[333] likewise whoever [knowingly] uses them [so falsified], shall be made to pay the highest fine.[334]