law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  29.Sentences which Magistrates may pass.-
  (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate
  
  may pass any sentence authorized 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
  
  five 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 one
  
  thousand rupees, or of both.
  (3) 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.