Index volume of the 1931 New Zealand Reprint
The most comprehensive index of Acts ever compiled in New Zealand was the one prepared as part of the 1931 reprint of legislation.(1) Volume 9 of the reprint includes alphabetical and chronological tables of Acts and a table of cases, but is mostly taken up with a general index, which spans 831 pages.(2).
The index is arranged alphabetically under main subject headings. Below the subject headings are cross-references to other subject headings. Below these are Act titles that function as sub-headings.(3) A locator reference is given to the volume and page number at which the Act appears.
The Act title subheadings are generally further divided by one or two lower levels of subheadings. Section, volume and page locators are given for each of the lowest level subheadings.(4)
The index provided a very useful guide to the reprinted Acts. The high degree of cross-referencing that it contained greatly aided accessibility. Users could generally trace their way to a correct main subject heading from whatever similar terms they initially had in mind, although there might be some argument as to whether the approach of using Act titles as subheadings was ideal. The index
was never updated and for several decades nothing replaced it.
Notes
- It is volume 9, the final volume of the reprint.
- The Public Acts of New Zealand (Reprint) 1908-31, vol 9, 189.
- Although some main headings only contain cross-referencing to other main headings.
- That is, medium level subheadings that themselves branch into two or more lower level subheadings generally do not have their own reference. the reference is given for the final subheading in a chain of headings.
See Also
- Lawi Legal Index
- Henry Smythies’ Analytical Digest
- Badger’s General index
- Curnin’s Index
- Index to the 1908 NZ Consolidated Statutes
- Index to Subject Matter of Victorian Legislation
- Subject Index to South Australian Legislation
- Iowa Subject Index
- United States Code Annotated
- United Kingdom Index to the Statutes
- Index to the Revised Statutes of Canada
- List of New Zealand Reports
Conclusion
Notes
See Also
References and Further Reading
About the Author/s and Reviewer/s
Author: international
Mentioned in these Entries
Badger’s General index, Curnin’s Index, Henry Smythies’ Analytical Digest, Index to Subject Matter of Victorian Legislation, Index to the 1908 NZ Consolidated Statutes, Index to the Revised Statutes of Canada, Iowa Subject Index, List of New Zealand Reports, Subject Index to South Australian Legislation, United Kingdom Index to the Statutes, United States Code Annotated.
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