For this reason, when Daijokan (Grand Council of State) received a report of jinka, they made government officials in Gyobusho (Ministry of Justice) investigate the spot and find the culprit, and the arsonist was sentenced to be kakusatsu (beaten to death), or in the case of hereditary status, it was sentenced to be discontinued.
そのため、太政官では神火の報告を受けると、刑部省の役人に現地の調査を行わせて犯人の糾明を行わせたり、放火犯に対しては一律に格殺（殴り殺しの刑）処分とし、譜第の場合にはこれを断絶とするなどの措置を取った。