AGLC4 Rule 25.2.4: Legislation: Code: Pinpoint References

The pinpoint follows the code abbreviation and follows rule 3.1.4, with the United States designations in the table added or substituted. A whole statute within a code is cited by the span of sections, or for state codes the chapter or other division, that contains it.

AGLC4 page 276

Formatting

  • One section is marked § and several are marked §§, each followed by a space.
  • Other designations are roman, lower case and have no full stops (amend, tit, ch).
  • Section ranges use an unspaced en dash; compound decimal numbers may be written in full on both sides.
  • State pinpoints keep their own compound form, joined by full stops, hyphens or colons.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 276
  1. 47
    19 USC § 58 (1970).
  2. 48
    Alaska Stat §§ 4.06.010–4.06.110 (2009).
  3. 49
    Or Rev Stat ch 153 (2007).
  4. 50
    Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 USC §§ 651–78 (2000).

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 276
  • § 4.4.2
  • § 722-124
  • § 18:203

United States pinpoint designations

Quoted from the Guide, page 276
DesignationAbbreviationPluralAbbreviation
AmendmentamendAmendmentsamends
Section§Sections§§
TitletitTitlestits

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.