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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Metropolitan areas

Repealed From 01 Apr 1974 Act 2 of 1974 As on 17 Oct 2026

Act 2 of 1974 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Jan 1974 In force 01 Apr 1974 Cited by 1 provision

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with metropolitan areas. The State Government may, by notification, declare that, as from such date as may be specified in the notification, any area in the State comprising a city or town whose population exceeds one million shall be a metropolitan area for the purposes of this Code. 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 Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried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) The State Government may, by notification, declare that, as from such date as may be specified in the notification, any area in the State comprising a city or town whose population exceeds one million shall be a metropolitan area for the purposes of this Code.

(2) As from the commencement of this Code, each of the Presidency towns of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras and the city of Ahmedabad shall be deemed to be declared under sub-section (1) to be a metropolitan area.

(3) The State Government may, by notification, extend, reduce or alter the limits of a metropolitan area but the reduction or alteration shall not be so made as to reduce the population of such area to less than one million.

(4) Where, after an area has been declared, or deemed to have been declared to be, a metropolitan area, the population of such area falls below

one million, such area shall, on and from such date as the State Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, cease to be a metropolitan area; but notwithstanding such cesser, any inquiry, trial or appeal pending immediately before such cesser before any Court or Magistrate in such area shall continue to be dealt with under this Code, as if such cesser had not taken place.

(5) Where the State Government reduces or alters, under sub- section (3), the limits of any metropolitan area, such reduction or alteration shall not affect any inquiry, trial or appeal pending immediately before such reduction or alteration before any Court or Magistrate, and every such inquiry, trial or appeal shall continue to be dealt with under this Code as if such reduction or alteration had not taken place.

Explanation.-In this section, the expression "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published.

Section 8, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

No provision of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita is textually close to this one. No close match found

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.

Cross-references

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Referred to by 1

  1. s. 2 Definitions

Related judgements & precedents

These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.

  1. Cimal Raveendran vs S.i. of Police

    High Court 21 Jan 2009 Persuasive (Other High Court)

    Court's Decision & Legal Precedent

    Initiation of proceedings under Section 107 Cr.P.C by a magistrate under Section 111 Cr.P.C is a matter of great consequence requiring due and proper application of mind to relevant facts and materials before passing such an order. An order passed without such careful and cautious application of mind, particularly where the magistrate fails to consider the specific crime registered against the accused or to properly distinguish between Sections 107 and 108 Cr.P.C, is liable to be set aside on judicial review.

    On this section: Provisions relating to preventive detention and security for keeping peace and good behaviour

    Read the full order on eCourts India

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Questions about Section 8

What have the courts held on Section 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

Cimal Raveendran vs S.i. of Police (21 Jan 2009) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Provisions relating to preventive detention and security for keeping peace and good behaviour.

How do I find court cases under Section 8 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 8, section 8 CRPC, section 8 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. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Cimal Raveendran vs S.i. of Police (21 Jan 2009).

What should I read with Section 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

When did Section 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?

Section 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 8, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.

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