Section 7 CrPC: Territorial divisions

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administrative divisions, districts, High Court consultation, metropolitan area, sessions divisions, State Government powers, sub-divisions, territorial jurisdiction

New Law Update (2024)

Section 7 BNSS

TRIAL COURT

Punishment

Procedural / Administrative

Cognizable?

Bailable?

Compoundable?

Bare Act Text

(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.

Important Sub-Sections Explained

Section 7(1)

This sub-section defines the fundamental territorial divisions for criminal justice, stating that each State comprises sessions divisions, which in turn consist of districts. It also specifies that metropolitan areas are considered distinct sessions divisions and districts.

Section 7(2)

This sub-section empowers the State Government to modify the boundaries or the total count of these sessions divisions and districts, but strictly mandates that such alterations can only occur after consulting with the High Court.

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