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. 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] 241. A tryer of coin who pronounces a false one to be genuine or a genuine one to be false, shall be made to pay the highest fine. 242. One who falsely sets himself up as a physician,[335] shall, [for his malpractice,] if brutes be concerned, pay the first fine--if mankind, the middle fine--but, if royal officers, the highest fine. 243. Whoso imprisons one not deserving of imprisonment,[336] or releases one found worthy of imprisonment or pending his trial,[337] shall pay the highest fine.