Section 29 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Sentences which Magistrates may pass

(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 [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 [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.