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Citation rules/Bluepages/B12.1 Full Citation

Add the act's own section number

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A provision cited by the act's name carries the act's own section number after that name, in front of the code citation.¹

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1B12.1.1 Federal Statutes. Tables: R. 12.3.1(a) Name and original section number.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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More in B12.1 Full Citation

Add the act's own section number
Add the publisher
Add the publisher and year
Add the publisher’s name
Cite a Treasury regulation as “Treas. Reg.”
Remove italics from the citation
Use “ILCS” for the compiled statutes
Use “Temp. Treas. Reg.”
Use the Cumulative Bulletin's form

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