CrPC § 7 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 7 CrPC — Territorial divisions
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 7 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 7 — Territorial divisions
(1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions divisions shall, for the purposes of this Sanhita, be a district or consist of districts.
(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 Sanhita, shall be deemed to have been formed under this section.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 7 in full