6. Classes Criminal Courts. Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Code, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:(i) Courts of Session ; (ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class and, metropolitan area, Metropolitan Magistrates; in any (iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class ; and (iv) Executive Magistrates. 7. Territorial divisions. 7. Territorial divisions. (1) Every State shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every sessions division shall, for the purposes of this Code, be a district or consist of districts : Provided that every metropolitan area shall, for purposes, be a separate sessions division and district. the said (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 Code, shall be deemed to have been formed under this section. 8. Metropolitan areas. 8. Metropolitan areas. (1) The State Government may, by notification, declare that, as from such date as may be specified in the notification, any area in the State comprising a city or town whose population exceeds one million shall be a metropolitan area for the purposes of this Code. (2) As from the commencement of this Code, each of the Presidency towns of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras and the city of Ahmedabad shall be deemed to be declared under sub-section (1) to be a metropolitan area. (3) The State Government may, by notification, extend, reduce

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