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Special provision regarding fine.- Notwithstanding anything contained in section 31 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Il of 1974), it shall be lawful for any Metropolitan Magistrate to pass a sentence or fine exceeding two thousand rupees on any person convicted of an offence, which under this Act is punishable with fine exceeding two thousand rupees.