BNSS 7 — Territorial divisions.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(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.

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