Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL
Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE
Subchapter C - RULES OF STYLE
STYLE GENERALLY
Section 23.103 - Use of words or figures to express numbers

Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 23.103

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) General rule.-The numbers ten and under, when not used in a citation, date, reference to age, monetary amount, percentage or similar quantity, are expressed in words only in running text. The number 11 and larger and numbers used in citations, dates, references to age, monetary amounts, percentages and similar quantities are expressed in figures only.

(b) Exceptions.-The numbers 11 and larger are expressed in words when used at the beginning of a sentence and the numbers ten and under are expressed in figures when set forth in tabular form or when used in combination with other numbers at least one of which is 11 or larger.

This section cited in 101 Pa. Code § 25.22 (relating to elimination of departures from uniform style of the Statutes).

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