Sentences which Magistrates may pass :
Section – 29. (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years.
(2) The Court of a Magistrate of the first class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or of fine not exceeding 1[ten] thousand rupees, or of both.
(3) The Court of a Magistrate of the second class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or of fine not exceeding 2[five] thousand rupees, or of both.
(4) The Court of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate shall have the powers of the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate and that of a Metropolitan Magistrate, the powers of the Court of a Magistrate of the first class.
STATE AMENDMENTS
MAHARASHTRA
| ■ | Section 29 | |
| – | in sub-section (2), for the words “ten thousand rupees”, substitute the words “fifty thousand rupees”; | |
| – | in sub-section (3), for the words “five thousand rupees”, substitute the words “ten thousand rupees”.—vide Maharashtra Act 27 of 2007. |
PUNJAB
| ■ | Section 29A | |
| – | After section 29, the following section shall be inserted, w.e.f. 27-6-1983, namely:— | |
| “29A. Sentence which Executive Magistrate may pass.—An Executive Magistrate may pass a sentence of imprisonment of a term not exceeding three years or of fine not exceeding five thousand rupees, or both.”—vide Punjab Act 22 of 1983. |