AGLC4 Rule 7.10: Constitutive Documents of a Corporation

A company constitution, charter or articles is cited by the document type in italics, the company name without corporate status words or a leading The, the date at which the version is current, and a provision pinpoint. Use the last update date where shown, otherwise the retrieval date.

AGLC4 page 122

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 122
Document Type, Company Name (at Full Date) Pinpoint.

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

Formatting

  • The document type is italic and followed by a comma.
  • The company name is roman and omits Pty, Ltd, Inc and similar status words and any leading The.
  • The date follows after a space in round brackets introduced by at; a month and year is acceptable.
  • The pinpoint follows after a space as a provision abbreviation and number under rule 3.1.4 (for example cl or art), never a page.
  • A URL may follow the pinpoint in angle brackets.
  • The citation ends with a full stop.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 122
  1. 78
    Constitution, ASX (at 5 October 2012) cl 1.1.
  2. 79
    Board Charter, ASX (at September 2017) cl 2.
  3. 80
    Constitution, Carlton Football Club (at 14 December 2011).
  4. 81
    Articles of Incorporation, Mitsubishi Corporation (at 19 June 2015) art 1 <https://www.mitsubishicorp.com/jp/en/ir/library/articles/pdf/articles.pdf>.

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.