It is unbelievable that any legal code would present its laws in this manner. Also, this particular statement is inaccurate because there were other offences mentioned in Maragtas that were punished by mutilation and death. Incredibly, later writers would compile these descriptions, call them “The Code of Maragtas” and then claim that they were written in the year 1212!
Sa kabilâ nitó, may ibáng mga mánunulát na tila winaláng bahalà ang kahiná-hinalang paglálarawan. Sa halíp ay tinipon nilá ang mga itó, tinawag na “Code of Maragtas” at saká ipinahayag na itóng “code” ay umiral noóng taóng 1212!