Section 7: Territorial divisions

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

(1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions divisions shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of districts:

Provided that every metropolitan area shall, for the said purposes, be a separate sessions division and district.

(2) The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, alter the limits or the number of such divisions and districts.

(3) The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, divide any district into subdivisions and may alter the limits or the number of such sub-divisions.

(4) The sessions divisions, districts and sub-divisions existing in a State at the commencement of this Code, shall be deemed to have been formed under this section.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	7
Marginal note	Territorial divisions
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	2

Judgments that turned on this provision

ABA/441/2021 of NIKITA JACOB Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.Bombay High Court · 2021-02-17
APPLN/4470/2013 of ADDL. SESSIONS JUDGE FORWARDED BY PRINCIPAL DIST. JUDGE, LATUR Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2013-11-26

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