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The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate is empowered to pass a sentence of:

Section 29(1) permits a Chief Judicial Magistrate to pass any sentence authorised by law except death, life imprisonment or imprisonment exceeding seven years. Seven years…

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The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate is empowered to pass a sentence of:

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Section 29(1) permits a Chief Judicial Magistrate to pass any sentence authorised by law except death, life imprisonment or imprisonment exceeding seven years. Seven years is therefore within the ordinary sentencing power; eight or ten years and death/life are outside that limit. This concerns the court’s sentencing competence, not the punishment necessarily due for any particular offence.

Current law: BNSS section 23(1) retains the same Chief Judicial Magistrate limit.

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