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McGill Guide to legal citation

Bills

Bills (E-2.4 in the McGill guide)

  • Use the long title of the bill
  • For the number, add C- before bills originating in the House of Commons; use S- for bills originating in the Senate
  • Subdivisions of bills are clauses: abbreviate to cl or cls for plural
  • Additional information may be the date of first reading, assented date, etc. 
Format

Bill#, Title of Bill, session, legislature, jurisdiction, year, pinpoint (additional information).
Reference Example

C-51, Anti-terrorism Act, 2nd Sess, 41st Parl, 2015, cl 5(1) (assented to 18, June 2015) SC 2015, c. 20.

In-text Example

The McGill rules for in-text references differ slightly from APA citation style. The following is our best interpretation of how to adequately refer to the corresponding entry in your APA Reference list

("C-51," 2015).

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