AGLC4 Rule 15.2: Canada: Legislation
Canadian statutes are cited by title, then the statute volume code joined to the jurisdiction code, the year, the chapter and any pinpoint, each part governed by a subrule.
AGLC4 page 212
Formatting
- The elements run in this order: title, volume and jurisdiction code, year, chapter, pinpoint.
- The title is italic and is followed by a roman comma.
- The volume and jurisdiction code is followed by a space and the year; the year is followed by a comma.
- The chapter is introduced by a lower case c with no full stop, and a comma separates the chapter from the pinpoint.
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 212- Copyright Act, RSC 1985, c C-42, s 25
Rules under this one
See also
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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.