[1] On publication, legislation begins a brief period (usually 15 days) known as vacatio legis, allowing for it to become widely known before taking legal effect.
From 1 January 2013, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in agreement with the Ministry of Justice, and with the contribution of the Poligrafico Institute and Mint of the State, makes available in its various series, free of charge, the Official Journal in digital format .
Publication resumed with the Restoration and in 1848 the subtitle Giornale Ufficiale del Regno ("Official Journal of the Kingdom") was added.
The newspaper became the Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno on 4 January 1860, then Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia ("Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy") on 17 March 1861, and finally, Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana after the institutional referendum on the form of state held on 2 June 1946.
[2] The Gazzetta Piemontese title was revived as an unconnected newspaper in 1867; in 1895 it became the national daily La Stampa, published in Turin.