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Code · CFR · Title 1 — General Provisions · Part 21 — Preparation of Documents Subject to Codification · § 21.11

§ 21.11. Standard organization of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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The standard organization consists of the following structural units:
(a)Titles, which are numbered consecutively in Arabic throughout the Code;
(b)Subtitles, which are lettered consecutively in capitals throughout the title;
(c)Chapters, which are numbered consecutively in Roman capitals throughout each title;
(d)Subchapters, which are lettered consecutively in capitals throughout the chapter;
(e)Parts, which are numbered in Arabic throughout each title;
(f)Subparts, which are lettered in capitals;
(g)Sections, which are numbered in Arabic throughout each part. A section number includes the number of the part followed by a period and the number of the section. For example, the section number for section 15 of part 21 is "§ 21.15"; and
(h)Paragraphs, which are designated as follows: level 1 (a), (b), (c), etc. level 2 (1), (2), (3), etc. level 3 (i), (ii), (iii), etc. level 4 (A), (B), (C), etc. level 5 (1), (2), (3), etc. level 6 (i), (ii), (iii), etc. \[54 FR 9682, Mar. 7, 1989; 54 FR 23343, May 31, 1989\]
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