HRS §1-27
How to cite a law
This section says that when a later law or any other official matter refers to an earlier law, it can use the chapter or section numbers from the official supplements and replacement volumes. It is a narrow rule about how to cite laws.
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The statute, as written — Citations of laws included in supplements and replacement volumes
Any act of the legislature may be cited in any subsequent legislative act or in any other proceeding by reference to the chapter or section numbers as set forth in the supplements and replacement volumes published pursuant to sections 23G-14 to 23G-16.
Sections this one refers to
§23G-14 Preparing and publishing updated law supplements
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