CrPC Section 7: Territorial divisions
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 2: Constitution of Criminal court and offices
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
7. Territorial divisions .- (1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions division 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 sub-divisions 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.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 6. Classes of Criminal Courts
- 8. Metropolitan areas
- 9. Court of Session
- 10. Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
- 11. Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- 12. Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- 13. Special Judicial Magistrates
- 14. Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- 15. Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- 16. Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 17. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
- 18. Special Metropolitan Magistrates
- 19. Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 20. Executive Magistrates
- 21. Special Executive Magistrates
- 22. Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
- 23. Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- 24. Public Prosecutors
- 25. Assistant Public Prosecutors
- 25A. Directorate of Prosecution