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Code Of Criminal Procedure Act (No. 15 of 1979) - Sect 14

Sentence which a Magistrate's Court may impose

14. A Magistrate's Court may impose any of the following sentences : -
(a) imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years ;
(b) fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred rupees;
(c) whipping;
(d) any lawful sentence combining any two of the sentences aforesaid :
Provided that anything in this section shall not be deemed to repeal the provisions of any enactment in force whereby special powers of punishment are given.

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