AGLC4 Rule 22.2.1: Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation

Legislation with a chapter number is cited with Singapore, the chapter number and the revised edition year inside the jurisdiction bracket; the year is the latest revision for law in force, or the relevant revision for a historical reference. Legislation with no chapter number or revised edition, and historical legislation from before chapter numbering, is cited with its original year after the title under rule 3.1.2.

AGLC4 page 245

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 245
Title (Singapore, cap Chapter Number, Year rev ed) Pinpoint.
Title Year (Singapore) Pinpoint.

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; in the chapter form it carries no year.
  • The round bracket contains Singapore, a comma, cap and the chapter number, a comma, then the year and rev ed.
  • cap and rev ed are lower case with no full stops.
  • In the original-year form, the title and year are both italic and are followed by (Singapore).
  • The pinpoint follows the closing bracket after a space with no comma, using the abbreviations of rules 3.1.4 to 3.1.6 and 3.4.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 245
  1. 9
    Adoption of Children Act (Singapore, cap 4, 1985 rev ed) s 5.
  2. 10
    Land Titles Act (Singapore, cap 157, 1994 rev ed) pt III.
  3. 11
    Rules of Court (Singapore, cap 322, 2006 rev ed) ord 10 r 1.
  4. 12
    Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) (Amendment) Rules 2010 (Singapore).
  5. 13
    Land Titles Ordinance 1956 (Singapore) ss 28(2)(b)–(e).

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.