Section 27Special provisions regarding fines

s. 27

27. Special provisions regarding fines Notwithstanding anything contained in section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, it shall be lawful for any magistrate of the first class especially empowered by the [Government] in this behalf to pass a sentence of fine exceeding one thousand taka on any person convicted of an offence under this Ordinance.

1. 23. The word “Government” was substituted for the words “Provincial Government” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)