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09/02/2026
Laws of Bangladesh

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

[ 22nd March, 1898 ]

Part II

CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Chapter III

POWERS OF COURTS

B.-Sentences which may be passed by courts of various Classes

Higher powers of certain Magistrates

1[33A. The Court of a Magistrate, specially empowered under section 29C, may pass any sentence authorized by law, except a sentence of death or of transportation or imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years.]

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    Section 33A was inserted by section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. XXIV of 1982)
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