AGLC4 Rule 25.3.3: Original Pinpoint References

A pinpoint to the statute's own sections follows the law number, uses the rule 25.2.4 designations and is followed by a comma.

AGLC4 page 281

Formatting

  • A section symbol § (or §§ for several), a space and the section number.
  • A comma separates the original pinpoint from the volume that follows.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 281
  1. 61
    Voting Rights Act of 1965, Pub L No 89-110, § 2, 79 Stat 437, 437.
  2. 62
    Act of 16 March 1950, Pub L No 81-460, §§ 2–4, 64 Stat 22, 23–4.

See also

Check your footnotes against these rules

Paste your paper into the free AGLC4 checker and each footnote is graded against the Guide, with the rule it breaks. To write a citation from scratch, use the AGLC4 citation generator.

AGLC4 citation checker AGLC4 citation generator

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.