Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL
Chapter 15 - STATUTES
Subchapter C - STYLE AND LANGUAGE
CITATIONS AND REFERENCES
Section 15.161 - Pennsylvania statutes
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) General. Any statute other than a provision of the Consolidated Pennsylvania Statutes shall be cited by reference to its date of enactment, and the page number (e.g. P. L. 406) and act number (e.g. No. 21), if any, assigned in the Laws of Pennsylvania.
(b) Official short title. If the statute has an official statutory short title, the short title shall be set forth without the use of quotation marks as follows:
"act of June 4, 1945 (P. L. 1388, No. 442), known as the Administrative Agency Law."
(c) Popular name or summary of title. If the statute has no statutory short title, the popular name of the statute or, if there is no popular name, a brief summary of the title may be set forth without the use of quotation marks as follows:
"act of May 13, 1909 (P. L. 520, No. 2912), referred to as the Pure Food Law."
"act of June 3, 1911 (P. L. 639, No. 246), relating to medicine and surgery."
(d) Special session. If the statute was passed during a special session, a reference to the special session and special session number, if any, shall be set forth as follows:
"act of April 27, 1966 (1st Sp.Sess., P. L. 31, No. 1), known as The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of 1966."
(e) Year of pamphlet law. If a statute is finally enacted in the year following the year of the volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania containing the statute, the year of the volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania shall be set forth as follows:
"act of January 26, 1972 (1971 P. L. 761, No. 188), known as the Capital Budget Act of 1971."
