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Distinguish a source error from a legal amendment

Notes and version records explain corrections without presenting every wording difference as a new law.

The reader’s problem

A copied source can contain a repeated passage, a stray character or a layout error.

What changed

The source-error work added notes beside affected articles, while later corrections used printed-edition evidence where available. This kept a technical or transcription correction distinct from a legal event that changed the provision.

Using the feature

Read the note and the version history when a passage appears inconsistent. A minor correction should have an explanation and supporting source, rather than silently becoming a new statement of the law. The database separates source-error records from the amendment relationships used for legislative changes.

Reading the evidence

The distinction protects the history of the text. It does not establish that every error has been found or authorise automatic rewriting of difficult passages. When wording matters, compare the referenced edition or publication and keep the correction evidence with any quotation or extracted record.

Sources

Inspect source notes