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PUBLIC DOMAIN RESOURCES

CONSTITUTE

CONSTITUTE is a webpage providing access to Constitutions of almost all countries around the world with an updated
version. One can access constitution texts in English as well as the language of the Countries. CONSTITUTE claims that
New constitutions are written every year. The people who write these important documents need to read and analyze texts
from other places. Constitute offers access to the world’s constitutions so that users can systematically compare them
across a broad set of topics — using an inviting, clean interface. (Courtesy: https://www.constituteproject.org/)
INDIA CODE
India Code the India Code Information System contains all Central Acts of Parliament right from 1836 onwards. Each Act
includes: Short Title, Enactment Date, Sections, Schedule and also Foot notes. India Code also provides complete
alphabetical and chronological list of central act and the text of Constitutional Amendments and Constitution of India.
PRS LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
PRS Legislative Research (PRS) seeks to strengthen the legislative process. Bill Track and Parliament Watch over the
business during process of making laws of Central Government f India are facilitated through this web portal. A team of law
professionals provide access of parliamentary business information on regular basis through this web portal. ‘Laws of India’
is another initiative of PRS India provides access to State Laws.

CONSOLIDATED ACTS OF AUSTRALIA
ComLaw is maintained by Office of Parliamentary Council of Australia. ComLaw contains complete and up-to-date
collection of Commonwealth legislation of Australia. The web portal provides full-text of all recent Australian Government
Legislation along with details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationship between them and related documents.

CANADIAN LEGISLATION
The Justice Laws Website provides an official consolidation, or updated version, of the federal Acts and regulations
maintained by the Department of Justice as a convenient way for the public to view the state of the law, without having to
carry out research and put together the various amended provisions.

UK LEGISLATION
The website legislation.gov.uk is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. Publishing all UK
legislation is a core part of the remit of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO), part of The National Archives, and the
Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

UNITED STATES CODE
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is
divided by broad subjects into 51 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of
Representatives.

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