When the nengu was paid - or the disseized real estate (or the embezzled nengu) was returned (or promised to be returned) - to the temple or the shrine, Shinboku was removed, and the temple and the shrine imposed punitive money, such as "shime no moto" (a kind of a commission), on the person who caused the trouble.
また納税や返還の実行あるいは誓約が行われ神木が撤去される際にも「注連の本（もと）」と呼ばれる一種の手数料を徴収するなど、相手側に金銭的な制裁を課した。