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THE

PENAL LAWS

OF

CHINA.

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FIRST DIVISION,

General Laws.

BOOK I.

PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS.

Section I. — Deſcription of the Ordinary Puniſments.

THE lowest degree of puniſhment is a moderate correction inflicted with the leſſer bamboo, in order that the tranſgreſſor of the law may entertain a ſenſe of ſhame for his paſt, and receive a ſalutary admonition with reſpect to his future, conduct. Of this ſpecies of puniſment there are five degrees:

The firſt	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	nominally a puniſhment of	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	10 blows,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	of which only	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	4 blows	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	are to be inflicted.
The ſecond				20 blows,				5 blows
The third				30 blows,				10 blows
The fourth				40 blows,				15 blows
The fifth				50 blows,				20 blows

The ſecond degree, or diviſion of puniſhment, is inflicted with the larger bamboo, and is ſubdivided in the following manner: