The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
CHAPTER II: CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES
Section 7: Territorial divisions.
Bare Act
Sessions Divisions and Districts
- (1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions division 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.
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Sessions Divisions and Districts
- (1) Every State will either be one big sessions di
Explanation using examples
Example 1:
Scenario: The state of Maharashtra is currently divided into several sessions divisions and districts. The government of Maharashtra, after consulting with the Bombay High Court, decides to create a new sessions division due to the increasing population and administrative n
