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Jurisdiction of Magistrates.-Notwithstanding anything contained in section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act 5 of 1898), it shall be lawful for any Magistrate of the First Class 5pecially empowered by the Government in this behalf, to impose a sentence of fine exceeding two thousand rupees.