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Book 2 Chapter XXVII Paragraph 16

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 2 - The Duties of Government Superintendents / Chapter XXVII · Verse Paragraph 16

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When a man keeps under confinement, or abducts, a prostitute against her will, or disfigures her by causing hurt, he shall be fined 1,000 panas or more rising up to twice the amount of her ransom (nishkraya) according to the circumstances of the crime and the position and the status of the prostitute (sthánaviseshena).