Guidelines for provincial acts (Fiova)

Laws

Tier	Hierarchy	Name	Reference number	Rubric needed?	Description
Tier 1	main level	TITLE	roman (i.e.: IV)	Y	Thematic groupings of articles
	sublevel-A	PART	roman (i.e.: IV)	Y
	sublevel-B	Chapter	roman (i.e.: IV)	Y
Tier 2	main level	Article	arabic (i.e.: 4)	MIGHT
	sublevel-A	Paragraph	arabic (i.e.: 4)	N

The Example Law 2

TITLE I: This is the rubric of this Title

PART I: This is the rubric of this Part

Chapter I: This is the rubric of this Chapter

1. This Articla has a rubric. This is the text of Article 1 (§ I.I.I.1)
2. This is the text of Article 2 (§ I.I.I.2)
   1. This is the text of Paragraph 1 (§ I.I.I.2.1)
   2. This is the text of Paragraph 2 (§ I.I.I.2.2)
3. This is the text of Article 3 (§ I.I.I.3)

Chapter II: This is the rubric of this Chapter

1. This Articla has a rubric. This is the text of Article 1 (§ I.I.II.1)
2. This Articla has a rubric. This is the text of Article 2 (§ I.I.II.2)

PART II: This is the rubric of this Part

1. This Articla has a rubric. This is the text of Article 1 (§ I.II.1)
2. This is the text of Article 2 (§ I.II.2)
   1. This is the text of Paragraph 1 (§ I.II.2.1)
   2. This is the text of Paragraph 2 (§ I.II.2.2)
3. This is the text of Article 3 (§ I.II.3)

TITLE II: This is the rubric of this Title

1. This Articla has a rubric. This is the text of Article 1 (§ II.1)
2. This is the text of Article 2 (§ II.2)
   1. This is the text of Paragraph 1 (§ II.2.1)
   2. This is the text of Paragraph 2 (§ II.2.2)
3. This is the text of Article 3 (§ II.3)

References

This is the standard format for law references.

The Reference Example Law 1	§	(II)	.	((I))	.	(((III)))	.	3	.	(1)
Name of the Law or of the Code		(TITLE II)	.	((PART I))	.	(((Chapter III)))	.	Article 3	.	(Paragraph 1)

Examples:

• The Only Articles Law § 2.1: Article 2, Paragraph 1 of The Only Articles Law" (which is a law with only tier-2 levels (articles or paragraphs) without any group).
• The Wordy Law § II.3: Title II, Article 3 of The Wordy Law