AGLC4 Rule 15.2.2: Statute Volume and Jurisdiction
Give the statute volume code and then the jurisdiction code as one unbroken string. Use RS for revised or re-enacted statutes where they exist and S for the sessional or annual volumes, and take the jurisdiction code from the table.
AGLC4 page 212
Format
Quoted from the Guide, page 212A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.
Formatting
- The volume code and the jurisdiction code are joined with no space and no punctuation, as in RSC or SNB.
- RS (Revised Statutes or Re-enacted Statutes) is used where available; otherwise S (Statutes).
- The jurisdiction code is taken from the table and keeps its internal capitalisation, for example Nu for Nunavut and Prov C for the Province of Canada.
- No full stops appear in either code.
Examples
Quoted from the Guide, page 212- 7Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 515.
- 8Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, SC 1996, c 19, s 4.
- 9Escheats Act, RSO 1980, c 142. [Not: … RS O 1980, …]
Not
Quoted from the Guide, page 212- Escheats Act, RSO 1980, c 142. [Not: … RS O 1980, …]a space must not separate the volume code from the jurisdiction code.
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 212- ‘RSC’
- ‘SC’
- ‘RS O’
Jurisdiction codes joined to the Canadian statute volume
Quoted from the Guide, page 212| Jurisdiction | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Canada (federal) | C |
| Alberta | A |
| British Columbia | BC |
| Lower Canada | LC |
| Manitoba | M |
| New Brunswick | NB |
| Newfoundland | N |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | NL |
| Northwest Territories | NWT |
| Nova Scotia | NS |
| Nunavut | Nu |
| Ontario | O |
| Prince Edward Island | PEI |
| Province of Canada | Prov C |
| Quebec | Q |
| Saskatchewan | S |
| Upper Canada | UC |
| Yukon Territory | Y |
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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.