In the second section, the text of the 17 articles laid out the concrete policies of this code, and there were many laws stating that shugo (military governors), as local administrators, should be appointed for their ability rather than for their war records, as well as many laws relating to debt-abrogation decrees.
第2項では17条の条文において具体的方針を提示し、地方行政官である守護職は戦功よりも能力を重んじて任命することや、徳政令に関わる法令が多くを占める。