When a slave volunteers out of affection for his master or mistress to take his or her place in prison or in torture, one half of his or her purchase-money must be refunded to the security. But if the slave is irredeemable, no part is to be refunded. If a man sell a slave, and after receiving the money refuse to give him or her up to the purchaser, he shall pay double the sum,--three fourths to the buyer and one fourth into the government or state treasury. If a buyer disapprove of a slave before three months have elapsed, he may recover his money. If a master strike his slave so that he die, no claim can be made upon the security, and the master shall be punished according to the law. Anything that a slave may break can be added, at the will of the owner, to the purchase-money. If in herding cattle he be negligent, and they be lost, he shall pay for them; if more be given into his charge than he can attend to, he shall pay only half; but if robbers bind him and steal the cattle, he cannot be held responsible. Any claim against a slave must be made by the owner before he is sold to another party. If a master or mistress force a female slave to marry one man when she has openly professed a preference for another, half her redemption-money must be remitted. If a slave go to war instead of his master, and fight bravely, he must be set free at the termination of the battle. If he fight only ordinarily well, half his purchase-money shall be remitted. If a master repurchase a slave, and he die in his service, he can demand only half the original amount from his security. If a slave begin to plant rice, he cannot, even if able, purchase his freedom until the harvest is over. If, when rice is dear, a man sell himself to slavery below the standard value, when rice gets cheap the price must be raised, and the balance paid over by the purchaser. If a slave injure himself while at his master's work, compensation must be made according to the nature of the injury. If a slave die in the stead or in the defence of his master, nothing can be demanded from the security. In all cases of an epidemic, nothing can be claimed from the security. If a man have several wives, and the lesser sell themselves to the higher wives, or the poorer to the richer, no interest can be claimed on the purchase-money, as they are considered sisters in the sight of the law. If the slave demand a change of masters, and the master cannot dispose of him, he must take him to the judges to sell; and if they find no purchaser within three days, he must return to his master and be thenceforward Khai-Khat, irredeemable. If a slave run away, the money expended in apprehending him or her must be added to his original account. Slaves having children, the children become slaves, and must be paid for according to age. If a master compel a slave to bear a child against her will, both she and the child are free in the sight of the law, even if irredeemable at first.