AGLC4 Rule 25.2.1: Statute Title and Original Pinpoint

A code citation usually omits the statute's name, but the session law title may be added when the statute is commonly known by it, when it aids identification, or for another good reason. With a title, the original pinpoint in the session law may also be given straight after the title.

AGLC4 page 272

Formatting

  • An included title is italic and is followed by a roman comma.
  • A year forming part of the title is kept in the title.
  • A leading The is dropped from the title.
  • An original pinpoint follows the italic title after a space with no comma, and is itself followed by a comma.
  • The code year is still given in round brackets even when the title contains a year.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 272
  1. 32
    35 USC § 102 (2012).
  2. 33
    Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 USC §§ 1811–35a (2006).
  3. 34
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 USC §§ 78a–78jj (1934).
  4. 35
    National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 § 102, 42 USC § 4332 (2000).

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.