CentreAI Codify
Find the law. Check the source.
Codify turns scanned pages into searchable text, identifies each section and keeps a link to the original. This example uses a fictional law.
Published: the original page remains the evidence.
Read and structured
Each section can be found, read and cited.
<section eId="sec_5"> <heading>Right of access to the official text</heading> … </section>
Usable: right of access to the official text
Every person shall have the right of access to the official text of any law in force, in a form that is complete, current and free of charge.
`/akn/xa/act/1992/7/eng@1992-05-14#sec_5`
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Step through the transformation
#### How the law is published · 255 mapped
Atlantis_illustrative_
Already in the standard_17_
Structured, other format_46_
Web pages, clause by clause_142_
PDF only_8_
Nothing published online_6_
Not yet surveyed_36_
SurveyToo much law is still locked in scanned pages.
ApproachA scanned page can be seen. Its text cannot be searched.
ReadingCodify finds the text, headings and sections.
ResolutionFind a section. Cite it. Check the original page.
Nine hundred acts, once every citation can be followed. The clusters are subject areas, and the lines between them are what a graph makes visible.
One tangle of overlapping instruments, as a consolidation would draw them together: a single current text, with the rest kept behind it.
Illustrative corpus.
One amendment. One exact destination.
An illustrative amendment adds “including in accessible formats” to section 5(1). The connection identifies both the affected provision and the instrument responsible for the change.
Amending instruction → amends § 5(1) → changed provision.
The law changes. Its history stays.
In this illustration, the original wording dates from 14 May 1992. The accessible-formats amendment takes effect on 1 June 2001. A dated record preserves both versions and the instrument responsible for the change.
See what an amendment changes.From the highlighted source law · illustrative amendment
The amending instrument
Public Access Amendment Act
In section 5(1), after “free of charge”, insert “, including in accessible formats”.
Amending instruction → § 5(1)
amends § 5(1)
The affected provision
Right of access to the official text
Every person shall have the right of access to the official text of any law in force, in a form that is complete, current and free of charge, including in accessible formats.
Public Access to Legislation Ordinance · § 5(1)
The new words stay linked to the law that introduced them.
The libraryOne readable law, kept in view as the collection grows.
The collectionEvery law gets the same treatment. References connect them.
The wholeTogether, the laws show how the state works, searchable with every source kept.
The effectFollow the amendment. See the changed words.
The domainsLaws cluster into subjects, found from their structure and their language.
The tangleSeveral laws often govern the same thing.
One textA lawmaker draws them into one text. A simpler statute book, and surer implementation.
Illustrative translation
One text. Every language.
1. Translation notes 2. Translating 3. Consistency audit
Source · Atlantis · English
art\_1
Translation notes
- amending instrument→instrument modificatifdefined term
- official text→النص الرسميdefined term
- in force→en vigorterm of art
- commencement→entrada en vigorfalse friend · not “comienzo”
- the Gazette→Ведомостиnamed entity
- shall→wajibdeontic convention
- the Minister→le ministrenamed entity
- register of legislation→سجل التشريعاتdefined term
- Numbers and sentinels · 100%
- Terminology · matches the notes
- Clauses · counts agree
Working from 8 terms
Arabic Zerzura
0%0 of 24 sections
A · clean
art\_1المادة ١
French Ys
0%0 of 24 sections
A · clean
art\_1Article 1
Spanish Quivira
0%0 of 24 sections
B · advisory
art\_1Artículo 1
Russian Kitezh
0%0 of 24 sections
A · clean
art\_1Статья 1
Indonesian Langkasuka
0%0 of 24 sections
A · clean
art\_1Pasal 1
Unofficial machine translation. The original-language text is the sole binding version.
Read whole. Terms first.
The act is read whole and its terms fixed before a word is translated.
The discipline of the UN’s translators, at machine speed.
Section by section, in parallel.
Article 1 stays Article 1 in every language.
Each section is keyed to its number, so headings, numbering and citations survive.
Audited and aligned.
Checked for every number, term and clause.
Unofficial until a jurist signs it off. The original text stays binding.
Illustrative reform
Better law. Then better again.
Connected laws → reviewed reform → fewer repeated checks
LawmakerAI assistant
Standardising definitions.
BusinessesFewer forms
CitizensLess waiting
Public servantsLess duplication
Analytical lensesLegislative consistencyConflicting rulesTwo laws define the same term differently
Set the goal.
Make the rules consistent.
Two laws define the same term differently. Standardise it once.
Shape the reform.
One application. Fewer repeated checks.
Five laws ask the same thing. Ask once.
Follow the difference.
Clear criteria. Less discretion.
Every approval states its grounds. Review the results. Improve again.
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The shared legal record
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Know your rights. Understand your obligations. Check the rules behind a decision.
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