This code greatly increases the fines exacted from the people, creates a treasury under the control of Hajji Butu, and entitles the sultan to a share of the fines collected by the various datus and chiefs. The chiefs and the people look upon it as another form of unjust taxation. The opposition to its adoption is so strong and so bitter that nothing except force of arms can enforce its use. This is beyond the power of the present sultan. INTRODUCTION This book is a guide to the proper execution of the duties of office in accordance with the law and the rules of the country. It is concurred in by all and is promulgated with the general consent of all datus, ministers, panglima, and subordinate officers of state. May God enhance by it the good and prosperity of our country. This at 9 o'clock, Saturday, the 11th of the month Jul Kaidat of the year B, which corresponds to the year 1320 A. H. This is to proclaim hereby the decrees of Padukka Mahasari Mawlana Hajji Mohammed Jamalu-l-Kiram. The subjects discussed in the following articles are, first, theft; second, murder; third, adultery; fourth, opprobrium; fifth, cases arising from unwitnessed purchase; sixth, false claims; seventh, unlawful or unauthorized exactions; eighth, debt; ninth, finds; tenth, unjust actions and decisions. To every crime or misdemeanor which comes under these articles a fine is attached, differing according to the nature and the degree of the crime. THE CODE Article I Section 1. The thief shall be fined seventy pesos, no matter what he steals. The fine shall always be seventy pesos irrespective of the person robbed, be he low or high in rank. The manner in which the fine shall be divided between the person robbed and the treasury differs. (a) If the sultan's property is stolen, fifty pesos shall go to the sultan and twenty pesos to the treasury. (b) If datus with official titles or Twan Habib Mura are robbed, forty pesos shall go to the person robbed and thirty pesos shall go to the treasury. (c) If other datus or Twan Hajji Butu or a descendant of a Sarip are robbed, thirty-five pesos shall be paid to the person robbed and thirty-five to the treasury. (d) If a minister of rank and official title or a hajji in the council of the sultan is robbed, thirty pesos shall be paid to the person robbed and forty pesos to the treasury. (e) If a minister of rank without any official title or a panglima pihaq [22] or a pandita of the capital is robbed, twenty-five pesos shall be paid to the person robbed and forty-five to the treasury. (f) If a subordinate officer of state or an agent of the sultan or a country pandita is robbed, twenty pesos shall be paid to the person robbed and fifty to the treasury. (g) If a common person is robbed, fifteen pesos shall be paid to him and fifty-five to the treasury. (h) The thefts referred to above include cattle, slaves, and every article of value.