AGLC4 Rule 20.2.1: Legislative Materials: Statutes and Delegated Legislation

Cite Malaysian statutes and delegated legislation under chapter 3, with the jurisdiction written (Malaysia).

AGLC4 page 237

Formatting

  • The title and year are italic.
  • (Malaysia) follows in round brackets.
  • The pinpoint follows after a space with no comma, using the chapter 3 abbreviations such as s and reg.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 237
  1. 7
    Copyright Act 1987 (Malaysia) s 7.
  2. 8
    Digital Signature Regulations 1998 (Malaysia) reg 58(a).

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.