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Shinsengumi Regulations

The code included five articles, prohibiting the following:

  1. Deviating from the samurai code (Bushido)
  2. Leaving the Shinsengumi
  3. Raising money privately
  4. Taking part in others' litigation
  5. Engaging in private fights

The penalty for breaking any rule was seppuku. In addition, the Shinsengumi had these regulations:

  1. If the leader of a unit is mortally wounded in a fight, all the members of the unit must fight and die on the spot.
  2. Even in a fight where the death toll is high, it is not allowed to retrieve the bodies of the dead, except the corpse of the leader of the unit.

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