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2.2 Codes<br />

St. 4 Federalnii zakon ot 24 oktyabrya 1997 g. N 134-FZ “O prozhi<strong>to</strong>chnom minimume” //<br />

Sobranie zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii. 1997. N 43. st. 4904.<br />

Cite codes (kodeks) by section [p. #], article [st. #], subsection referenced, <strong>and</strong> title of the code<br />

(which may be abbreviated):<br />

p. 2 st. 164 GK RF.<br />

ch. 4 st. 228 UK RF.<br />

The abbreviations of the most significant of the 20 codes are:<br />

Civil Code: Grazhdanskii kodeks RF (GK RF)<br />

Code of Civil Procedure: Grazhdanskii protsessual’nii kodeks RF (GPK RF)<br />

Criminal Code: Ugolovnii kodeks RF (UK RF)<br />

Code of Criminal Procedure: Ugolovno-processual’nii kodeks RF (UPK RF)<br />

Labor Code: Trudovoi kodeks RF (TK RF)<br />

Code of Administrative Violations: Kodeks ob administrativnikh pravonarusheniyah RF (KoAP RF)<br />

Family Code: Semeinii kodeks RF (SK RF)<br />

2.2.1 Alternative Citation for Codes<br />

Alternatively, cite codes in the same manner as regular federal laws:<br />

Trudovoi kodeks Rossiiskoi Federatsii ot 30 dekabrya 2001 g. N 197-FZ // Sobranie<br />

zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii. 2002. N 1 (ch. 1). st. 3.<br />

2.3.1 Government acts<br />

Cite government acts by type, issuing body, date, number, title (if any), <strong>and</strong> the reporter in which<br />

the act is published by title, date, volume <strong>and</strong> page referenced:<br />

Razporyazhenie Pravitelstva Rossiiskoi Federatsii ot 6 fevralya 2004 g. N 145-r //<br />

Sobranie zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii. 2004. № 6. st. 445.<br />

There are two main types of government acts: Decrees (postanovleniya) <strong>and</strong> Regulations<br />

(rasporyazheniya). The citation rule for government acts is also applicable for acts of ministries<br />

<strong>and</strong> departments of the executive branch.<br />

2.3.2 Presidential acts<br />

Cite presidential acts by type, issuing body, date, number, title (if any), <strong>and</strong> reporter in which the<br />

act is published by title, date, volume <strong>and</strong> page referenced:<br />

Ukaz Prezidenta Rossiiskoi Federatsii ot 31 yanvarya 2004 g. N 118 “Voprosi<br />

Federal’noi sluzhbi okhrani Rossiiskoi Federatsii” // Sobranie zakonodatel’stva<br />

Rossiiskoi Federatsii. 2004. N 6. st. 409.<br />

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