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Title: Difference between article and section in Law
Post by: Ferdousi Begum on April 07, 2013, 04:19:17 PM

When any fundamentally important document is drafted which may be a grundnorm (Fundamental norm to support all other legal norms) of that system, then generally it is differentiated from the ordinary municipal laws by referring to its clauses as articles rather than sections, such as United Nations Charter, International Conventions, Constitution of a country etc. from where other laws or rules originate.

Not necessarily that a Constitution has always articles but no sections. Article is used to convey an impression that they are more elaborate and conventional in expression in olden times.In modern times most of the Act prefer to use 'Section',which is more simple and direct.

Illustration: Think of the ways a book is often broken down or divided into smaller portions. A single book may have a handful or more of chapters. Each chapter may have tens or hundreds of paragraphs. Each paragraph may have tens of lines. Each line may have several words. Each word has anywhere from one to tens of letters. One of the easiest books to use to illustrate this would be the bible; it can be divided by testament, book, chapter and verse.
Even more on point, think of the way an outline looks. At the top of the page and the furthest to the left is roman numeral I. With my outlines, I then use a capitalized A placed below and to the right of the Roman numeral I. Then, below and to the right of the A comes an Arabic 1. Then below and to the right comes a lower case a. Finally, lower case Roman numerals are used.
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With regard to the Constitution of the United States of America, it can be broken down by article, then section, then paragraph, then clause. For example, if you wish to find the section that empowers the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment, you would go to Article I, section 2, paragraph 5, clause 2.

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Post by: shishir mahmud on May 19, 2013, 01:35:24 PM

Thankx Ma'am,this article is very useful and I learn a new things.

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Post by: Ferdousi Begum on May 19, 2013, 03:59:07 PM

Thanks dear, all of the posts of forum are useful, I think, you guys should read them.

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Post by: Farhana Helal Mehtab on May 20, 2013, 12:32:32 PM

Thanks Ferdousi for writing on a commonly asked question by the law students. Even in facebook this is a very familiar question. As for example I'm adding here a facebook link which got 655 like (till now):

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Best,
Ma'am

Title: Re: Difference between article and section in Law
Post by: shohidul465 on May 27, 2013, 11:26:53 AM

Mam you can easily say that A section is a part of an article and an article has sections in it or an article is a combination of sections.

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Post by: Ferdousi Begum on May 27, 2013, 11:45:20 AM

Thanks Ma'am.

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Post by: safat suhrid on May 29, 2013, 09:15:04 AM

thanks mam it will  b very helpful for us

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Post by: Rasel447 on June 13, 2013, 09:46:45 AM

Good

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Post by: Toma470 on June 13, 2013, 10:01:22 AM

Good..

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Post by: Muna478 on June 13, 2013, 10:14:30 AM

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Post by: Wasim on June 15, 2013, 03:55:20 PM

Good post Ma'am

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Post by: jalal uddin on June 17, 2013, 11:44:46 AM

thank you mam...........

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Post by: Shabbir on June 18, 2013, 10:49:39 AM

Thank you Mam for given me Information between article and section in Law..........

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Post by: Sharifur Rahman on June 19, 2013, 10:51:17 AM

Thanks. Great initiative and very helpful for every students.

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Post by: Afroza Rahman on June 22, 2013, 10:07:55 AM

Thank u mam

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Post by: najnin on June 29, 2013, 06:55:47 PM

I learn a new thing. Thanks for your nice post!

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Post by: Hasan on July 04, 2013, 11:54:31 AM

Thank u mam

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Post by: Ferdousi Begum on July 10, 2013, 01:49:45 PM

Thanks to all.