Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 7
Territorial divisions
In one line
BNSS Section 7 deals with territorial divisions and replaces CrPC 7.
Bare act text — BNSS 7
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.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 7 → BNSS 7: Proviso related to Metropolitan area, excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 7 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 7 (Territorial divisions) replaces Section 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 7 is now BNSS 7.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 2 — Definitions
- BNSS 3 — Construction of references
- BNSS 4 — Trial of offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other laws
- BNSS 5 — Saving
- BNSS 6 — Classes of Criminal Courts
- BNSS 8 — Court of Session
- BNSS 9 — Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 10 — Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- BNSS 11 — Special Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 12 — Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates