According to the rules, the gunji would decide only on whipping, the shoshi, in Kyoto, would decide on whipping and flogging, the kokushi on flogging and imprisonment, the gyobusho on imprisonment, the daijokan on banishment, and the Emperor on capital crime.
郡司は笞罪のみを決し、在京諸司は笞罪・杖罪を決し、国司は杖罪、徒罪、刑部省は徒罪、太政官は流罪、天皇は死罪を決するという規定であった。