සැකිල්ල:Cite act/doc

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Purpose

This template allows for the easy citing and linking to of acts.

Syntax

Horizontal

{{cite act |type= |index= |date= |article= |article-type= |legislature= |title= |script-title= |trans-title= |page= |url= |language=}}

Vertical

{{cite act 
| type = 
| index = 
| date = 
| article = 
| article-type = 
| title = 
| script-title =
| trans-title = 
| page = 
| url = 
| language =
}}

Examples

Custom wording

{{cite act
| url = http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32000L0013&from=EN
| title = The approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs
| legislature = The European Parliament & Council of the European Union
| date = 20 March 2000
| article = II
| article-type = Annex
| index = 2000/13/EC
| page = 29-42
| type = Directive
}}

will display as:

"The approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs". Annex II, Directive No. 2000/13/EC of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date. The European Parliament & Council of the European Union. p. 29-42.

All main parameters specified, standard wording

{{cite act
| title = [[Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991]]
| index = 81
| language = es
| date = {{date|1991-08-30|mdy}}
| article = 1.006
| page = 29–42
| url = http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2012-2013/PresupuestoRecomendado2013/suppdocs/baselegal/036/036.pdf
| access-date = 2012-12-21
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170215015949/http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2012-2013/PresupuestoRecomendado2013/suppdocs/baselegal/036/036.pdf
| archive-date = 2017-02-15
}}

will display as:

"Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991". Article 1.006, Act No. 81 of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date (PDF) (ස්පාඤ්ඤ බසින්). p. 29–42. 2017-02-15 දින මුල් පිටපත (PDF) වෙතින් සංරක්ෂණය කරන ලදී. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 2012-12-21.

No article specified

{{cite act
| title = [[Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991]]
| index = 81
| language = es
| date = {{date|1991-08-30|mdy}}
| url = http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2012-2013/PresupuestoRecomendado2013/suppdocs/baselegal/036/036.pdf
| access-date = 2012-12-21
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170215015949/http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2012-2013/PresupuestoRecomendado2013/suppdocs/baselegal/036/036.pdf
| archive-date = 2017-02-15
}}

will display as:

"Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991". Act No. 81 of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date (PDF) (ස්පාඤ්ඤ බසින්). 2017-02-15 දින මුල් පිටපත (PDF) වෙතින් සංරක්ෂණය කරන ලදී. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 2012-12-21.

No title specified

{{cite act
| index = 81
| language = es
| date = {{date|1991-08-30|mdy}}
| url = http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2012-2013/PresupuestoRecomendado2013/suppdocs/baselegal/036/036.pdf
}}

will display as:

Act No. 81 of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date (PDF) (ස්පාඤ්ඤ බසින්).

Index, year, and URL only

{{cite act
| index = 81
| year = 1991
| url = http://www2.pr.gov/presupuestos/presupuesto2012-2013/PresupuestoRecomendado2013/suppdocs/baselegal/036/036.pdf
| access-date = 2012-12-21
}}

will display as:

Act No. 81 of 1991 (PDF). සම්ප්‍රවේශය 2012-12-21.

With a translated title

{{Cite act
| title = Kuntalaki
| trans-title = The Local Government Act
| index = 410
| date = October 4, 2015
| article = 4
| url = http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2015/20150410
| language = fi
}}

will display as:

"Kuntalaki" [The Local Government Act]. Article 4, Act No. 410 of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date (ෆින්ලන්ත බසින්).

Non-Latin-based script name with romanization

{{Cite act
| type = Ordinance
| index = 807-IX
| date = 17 July 2020
| legislature = [[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]
| title = Pro utvorennya ta likvidatsiyu rayoniv
| script-title = uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів
| trans-title = On formation and liquidation of Raions
| url = https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20
| language = uk
}}

will display as:

"Pro utvorennya ta likvidatsiyu rayoniv" Про утворення та ліквідацію районів [On formation and liquidation of Raions]. Ordinance No. 807-IX of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date (යුක්රේනියානු බසින්). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Non-Latin-based script name without romanization

{{Cite act
| type = Ordinance
| index = 807-IX
| date = 17 July 2020
| legislature = [[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]
| script-title = uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів
| trans-title = On formation and liquidation of Raions
| url = https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20
| language = uk
}}

Про утворення та ліквідацію районів [On formation and liquidation of Raions]. Ordinance No. 807-IX of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date (යුක්රේනියානු බසින්). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Parameters

This template allows the easy citing of legislation.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Type	`type`	The type of act cited, to be used if the legislation isn't called an act, such as in bills. When citing a specific section, use the name of that specific section, be it Directive, Clause, Article, etc. Default Act	String	suggested
Index	`index` `number`	The index of the Type parameter. For when citing specific sections, this is the specific index of that section, and so if you're specifically citing clause '''A/500 - B''', that'll be what is written in this field.	String	suggested
Date	`date` `year`	The date the legislation was passed, unless there's some other date or year that appears in the name of the act. Must be in DMY, MDY, MY or Y date format.	Date	required
Article	`article`	The path of articles leading to the cited article abbreviated; doesn't mentions section types such as chapter, section, article, etc.	String	suggested
Article type	`article-type`	The type of the highest ranking article in the article path. Only appears if the Article parameter is set to something. Default Article	String	optional
Legislature	`legislature`	The legislature that passed the cited act or article.	String	suggested
Name	`title`	A unique given name of the specific cited act or article	String	optional
Script name	`script-title`	For names in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet. Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon.	String	optional
Translated name	`trans-title`	A translated title of the name. For non-English acts.	String	optional
Page	`pages` `page`	Page number or range.	String	optional
URL	`url`	URL where the legislation may be found.	String	optional
Language	`language`	The language the act or article is written in.	String	optional
Other date format	`odf`	Set to 'yes' to override the formatting requirement for the Date parameter, allowing to use YMD. Use only in special cases when it is important to keep consistency in reference date formats AND there's no date associated with the law except the date it was passed. Default empty	String	optional