Matsya Purana 227.161

227.161

etānsarvānpṛthakhiṃsyātmahāpātakinonarān.
mahāpātakinobadhyābrāhmaṇantuvivāsayet .. 227.160 ..

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

Those who govern intricately who kill women children, Brâhmaṇa and who eat fishes should be hanged and the minister or any other official of the state be he a minister or a Prâḍvivaka if he is working contrary to the policy of the crown should be banished after being deprived of all his wealth Those who kill Brâhmaṇa indulge in drinking thieves and those who indulge with preceptor s wife should be killed If such a man be a Brâhmaṇa he should be banished, with a mark on his body,—162 163