Legislative Drafting Rules

Albania

• Law drafting manual – A guide to the legislative process in Albania 

Angola

• Legislation
• Regimento do Conselho de Ministros aprovado por Decreto Presidencial nº 35/17 de 28 de dezembro

Argentina

• Decreto 333/1985. Normas para la elaboración, redacción y diligenciamiento de los proyectos de actos y documentación administrativo

Armenia

• Law on Legal Normative Acts

Australia

• OPC’s drafting services: a guide for clients (Seventh edition) 2022
• OPC Drafting Manual (edition 3.2) – 2019
• Drafting Directions
• The Queensland Legislation Handbook
• The Legislative Process (2020), Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (Victorian Government)

Azerbaijan

• Law on Normative Acts

Belarus

• Law on Legal Normative Acts of the Republic of Belarus

Belgium

• French version
• Dutch version

Brazil

• Lei Complementar n° 95, de 1998 – Regras para elaboração legislativa
• Decreto 12.002/2024 Elaboração Normativa Poder Executivo federal
• Manual Redação Presidência da República
• Manual de redação parlamentar (Estado de Minas Gerais)
• Manual for Legislative Drafting (Municipal Chamber of São Paulo)

Bolívia

• El Proceso Legislativo Legislativo Boliviano

Brunei

• Guideline on drafting procedure and instructions for ministries and departments

Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Manual for Drafting Legislation

Canada

• Guide fédéral de jurislinguistique législative française (JLF)
• Legistics (English)

Cape – Verde

• Legislation

China

• Drafting Legislation in Hong Kong – A Guide to Styles and Practices

Cyprus

• Handbook for legislative drafting (Greek)

Commonwealth

• Commonwealth Legislative Drafting Manual

Colombia

• Manual para la Elaboración de Textos Normativos-Proyetos de Decreto y Resolución

Dominican Republic

• Manual de Técnica Legislativa. Cámara de Diputados
• Manual de Técnica Legislativa. Senado de la República

Egypt

• Analyzing and Drafting the Legislation  /  Table of contents in English

European Union

• Joint Handbook for the Presentation and Drafting of Acts subject to the Ordinary Legislative Procedure (EN)
• Manuel commun pour la présentation et la rédaction standard des actes soumis à la procédure législative ordinaire (FR)
• Joint Practical Guide of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission for persons involved
  in the drafting of European Union legislation (EN)
• Guide pratique commun du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission à l’intention des personnes qui contribuent à la rédaction des textes législatifs de l’Union européenne (FR)

Finland

• Bill Drafting Instructions
• Impact Assessment Guidelines

France

• Guide de légistique

Germany

• Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries – GGO (2011)
• Bundesministerium des Innern (2012)
• Manual for Legislative Drafting (2008)
• Resolution of the German Association of Legislation on the teaching of legislative studies in Germany (2019)

Georgia

• Law of Georgia on normative Acts (Georgian)
• Law of Georgia on Normative Acts (English)

Guiné-Bissau

• Regimento da Assembleia Nacional

Hungary

• Act on law-making: Act CXXX of 2010 on law-making
• The Fundamental Law, articles S), T)
• Decree 61/2009. (XII. 14.) IRM (Ministry of Justice and Law
  Enforcement) on legislative drafting

Iraq

• The Manual of Legislative Drafting  /  Table of contents in English

Italy

• Senato – Circolari del Presidente – Regole e raccomandazioni per la formulazione tecnica dei testi legislativi
• Guida_redazione_testi_normativi
• GuidaAttiAmministrativi – Acc Crusca
• Manual e Regole Redazione Att iAmm 2010
• La buona_scrittura_delle_leggi
• Manuale per le Regioni
  

Jersey

• Drafting Practice Manuel Legislative Drafting Office Jersey

Jordan

• Legislative Drafting Guide  /  Table of contents in English

Kazakhstan

• Law on Normative Legal Acts

Kenya

• A guide to the legislative process in Qenya

Kyrgyzstan

• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on normative legal acts

Laos

• Law on Making Legislation

Latvia

• Drafting legislative acts handbook (Latvian)

Liberia

• Liberia Legislation Handbook

Kosovo

• Guidelines on drafting concept papers and explanatory notes (2012)

Lebanon

• Preparing, drafting and reviewing draft laws / Table of contents in English

Mexico

• Manual de Técnica Legislativa

Moldova

• Law on Normative Acts

Morocco

• Guide to the Rules Relating to the Legislative Procedure  /  Table of contents in English

Nauru

• Legislative Drafting Manual

New Zealand

• Drafting manual
• Legislation manual
  

Palestine

• The practical manual of reviewing legislations and its analyzing  /  Table of contents in English

Papua New Guinea

• Legislative Drafting Service Act 1972

Pakistan

• Legislative Drafting Manual – A Hand Book for Legislative Drafters

Paraguay

•  Reglamento para la Elaboración de Textos Normativos

Peru

• Manual de Técnica Legislativa. Congreso de la República
• Guía sobre la calidad normativa y publicación de proyectos normativos

Portugal

• Guide to Legislative Drafting for the elaboration of normative acts (Parliament)
• The Government’s Legislative Drafting Rules
• Ex ante impact assessment for governmental legislative acts
• Legística – Perspectivas Sobre a Concepção e Redação de Actos Normativos (2002)

Qatar

• The Drafting legislation in the State of Qatar: origins, principles and standards

Saudi Arabia

• Controls to be Observed in the Preparation and Study of Draft Laws and Regulations

São Tomé and Príncipe

• Legislation

Scotland

• Drafting Matters!: guidance

Serbia

• Unified drafting methodology rules

Somalia

• Legislative Drafting Regulation (2015)

Spain

• Directrices de técnica normativa
• Plan Anual Normativo y del Informe Anual de Evaluación Normativa de la Administración General del Estado
• Instrucciones para la elaboración de anteproyectos de ley y disposiciones reglamentarias competencia del Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía

Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong (China)

• Drafting legislation in Hong Kong – A guide to style & practices (2012)
• Law Drafting Division – Department of Justice (2015)
• How Legislation is made in Hong Kong – A Drafter’s view of the process (2018)

Special Administrative Region of Macao (China)

• Regras de Legística formal a observar na elaboração dos actos normativos da Assembleia Legislativa

Switzerland

• Federal level
  Legislative Drafting Manual
  Guidelines on Explanatory Reports for Legislative Drafts
  Directives on legislative techniques

Syria

• A guide to legislative drafting  /  Table of contents in English

Timor – Leste / Timor Lorosa`e

• Legislation

Tunisia

• Handbook of Legislative Texts  /  Table of contents in English

Turkey

• Bylaw on the Principles of Preparation of Laws, Statutory Decrees, Regulations (Tüzük) and By-Lawsurquia

Uganda

• Manual for guidance of legislative draftpersons in Uganda (1996)

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Manual for Drafting Legislation  /  Table of contents in English

United Kingdom

•  Office of the Parliamentary Counsel Drafting guidance (June 2020)
• Guide to Making Legislation 2022, Cabinet Office.

United States of America

• House Office of the Legislative Counsel Guide to Legislative Drafting
  
• House Legislative Counsel’s Manual on Drafting Style
• Legislative Drafting Manual
• Quick Guide to Legislative Drafting
• States Legislatures

Uruguay

• Manual de Redacción Legislativa
• Guía de Comunicación. Presidencia de la República