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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

Chapter II

OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

B. -Territorial Divisions

Power to divide districts into Upazilas etc
1[8. The Government may divide a district into Upazilas and, by notification in the official Gazette, fix or alter the limits of a Upazila or merge the areas of more than one Upazila into one Upazila and in so fixing, altering or merging, the Government shall ensure that the area of a Upazila is identical with the local area included in a Police Station.]

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    Section 8 was substituted by section 6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. XXXII of 2009) (with effect from 1st November, 2007).
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