CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Section 7: Territorial divisions

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

(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.

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

7	7. Territorial divisions.

Questions on this section

1 question in 6 of our papers cite Section 7. Try these from the free papers:

1. Consider the following statements under Chapter II of the BNSS: 1. The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, divide any district into sub-divisions and alter their limits or number. 2. A Court of Session may sit at a place in the sessions division other than its notified place for the disposal of a particular case, with the consent of the prosecution and the accused, if it will tend to the general convenience of the parties and witnesses. 3. Every Judicial Magistrate other than the Chief Judicial Magistrate is subordinate directly to the Sessions Judge and not to the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Practise questions on Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita