Matsya Purana 227.158

227.158

dhanoṣmaṇā pacyaṃmānāstānniḥ svānkārayennṛpaḥ.
kūṭaśāsanakartṝṃ ścaprakṛtīnāñca dūṣakān .. 227.157 ..

One who practises Vaśīkaraṇa and Abhichāra practices, etc, should be fined 200 Paṇas One who sells bad seeds calling them to be good If a man takes a prostitute to another person on the pretext of taking her to some particular individual should be fined a mâṣâ of gold—144

The officials of any estate who spoil the interests of the subjects and who are found to be void of sympathy and full of wickedness should be deprived of all their wealth Those who persecute the subjects by misrepresenting the mandates of the sovereign should also be similarly dealt with—159 161