AGLC4 Rule 25.3.1: Statute Title

Give the statute's short title or popular name, formatted as in rule 25.2.1. Where it has neither, identify it by its enactment date, or its commencement date if that is unknown, written as Act of and the full date. The long title is never used.

AGLC4 page 280

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 280
Act of Full Date

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

Formatting

  • A short title or popular name is italic and keeps any year it contains.
  • The dated form Act of plus the full date is roman, not italic.
  • The full date is day, month in full, year with no internal commas.
  • A roman comma follows the title in either form.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 280
  1. 56
    Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, Pub L No 109-148, 119 Stat 2739.
  2. 57
    Act of 29 January 1937, Pub L No 75-3, 50 Stat 5. [Not: An Act to Provide for Loans to Farmers for Crop Production and Harvesting during the Year 1937, and for Other Purposes …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 280
  • An Act to Provide for Loans to Farmers for Crop Production and Harvesting during the Year 1937, and for Other Purposes …
    the long title must not be used; use the dated Act of form instead

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 280
  • Act of 3 March 1925

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.