AGLC4 Rule 19.2.1: Principal and Delegated Legislation

Cite Hong Kong principal and delegated legislation under rules 3.1 and 3.4 to 3.5, but omit the year, write the jurisdiction as (Hong Kong), and add the chapter number after it. If no chapter number has been allocated, or the law is cited as originally enacted, include the year.

AGLC4 page 235

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 235
cap Chapter Number

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The title is italic, and ordinarily has no year.
  • (Hong Kong) is written out in full in round brackets.
  • The chapter number follows the jurisdiction, introduced by a lower case cap with no full stop.
  • A chapter number may include a letter, written straight after the number with no space, as in 167A.
  • A comma follows the chapter number when a pinpoint follows.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 235
  1. 7
    Evidence Ordinance (Hong Kong) cap 8, s 4.
  2. 8
    Dogs and Cats Regulations (Hong Kong) cap 167A, reg 22.
  3. 9
    Rules of the High Court (Hong Kong) cap 4A.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 235
  • ‘cap 3’

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.