Use “ch.” for the chapter designator
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A session law's chapter designator is abbreviated and lowercase: “ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825 (1910)”, “ch. 85, 1974 N.J. Laws 385”.1
- 1R. 12.4(a) Name. Tables: T1.3 States and the District of Columbia.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
More in 12.4 Session Laws
- Add the page of the cited section
- Add the page the act begins on
- Add the public law or chapter number
- Add the volume number or the year
- Add the year the act passed
- Remove the duplicate year parenthetical
- Remove the year parenthetical
- Set the session laws’ name in roman type
- Use “ch.” for the chapter designator