Lawgist7Territorial 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 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 subdivisions 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.
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- 6 Classes of Criminal Courts
- 7 Territorial divisions
- 8 Metropolitan areas
- 9 Court of Session
- 10 Subordination of Assistant Sessions Judges
- 11 Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- 12 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- 13 Special Judicial Magistrates
- 14 Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- 15 Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- 16 Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 17 Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
- 18 Special Metropolitan Magistrates
- 19 Subordination of Metropolitan Magistrates
- 20 Executive Magistrates
- 21 Special Executive Magistrates
- 22 Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
- 23 Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- 24 Public Prosecutors
- 25 Assistant Public Prosecutors
- 25A Directorate of Prosecution
