law: Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 
  18. Provision
  
  regarding fine. – 
  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in section 29 of the Code of' Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
  
  1974), it shall be lawful for a metropolitan magistrate or a magistrate of the
  
  first class to pass a sentence of fine exceeding five thousand rupees authorised
  
  by this Act or the regulations on any person convicted of any offence there under.