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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Territorial divisions

Repealed From 01 Apr 1974 Act 2 of 1974 As on 16 Oct 2026

Act 2 of 1974 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Jan 1974 In force 01 Apr 1974

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with territorial divisions. Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1974. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

(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.

Section 7, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 7 Territorial divisions Text carried over almost unchanged 97%

Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.

Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.

Questions about Section 7

What does Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure deal with?

Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is headed "Territorial divisions". Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions;

How do I find court cases under Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: CRPC 7, section 7 CRPC, section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?

For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNSS 7 (Territorial divisions), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?

Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 7, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.

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