Sessions divisions and districts

(1) Bangladesh shall consist of sessions divisions: and every sessions division shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of districts.

Power to alter divisions and districts

(2) The Government may alter the limits or the number of such divisions and districts.

Existing divisions and districts maintained till altered

(3) The sessions divisions and districts existing when this Code comes into force shall be sessions divisions and districts respectively, unless and until they are so altered.

¹¹[(4) ¹²[A] Metropolitan Area shall, for the purposes of this Code, be deemed to be a sessions division.]

¹¹ Sub-section (4) was added by section 2 and Schedule of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. LXXXVI of 1976)

¹² The letter "A" was substituted, for the words "the Dacca" by section 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. IV of 1980)