AGLC4 Rule 15.2.4: Chapter

Give the chapter number exactly, including any letters, after the abbreviation c. Letters and numbers in a chapter designation are joined by a hyphen.

AGLC4 page 214

Formatting

  • Chapter is abbreviated as a lower case c with no full stop, followed by a space.
  • Letters and numbers within the chapter designation are joined by a hyphen, as in C-46 and I-21, with no spaces.
  • Decimal points within a chapter designation are kept, as in C-5.2.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 214
  1. 13
    Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), SO 2000, c 3.
  2. 14
    Interpretation Act, RSC 1985, c I-21.

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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.