The phrase "article in effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific article or provision that is currently active or applicable in a legal or formal context.
Example: "The article in effect outlines the responsibilities of all parties involved in the agreement."
Alternatives: "active article" or "current article".
Article 121 in effect bars Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi from holding any political office because of her marriage to a foreigner, the fact that her two sons are "citizens of a foreign country" — and because she has, as the clause says, "been convicted... for having committed an offence".
The article describes a "lock-in effect".
The article finds that the locking-in effect decreases with the unemployment rate, whereas the positive programme effect increases.
Even staid car and oil firms are placing bets on a role for hydrogen, based on the fuel cell (see article).Fuel cells, in effect, are batteries that take in hydrogen and produce electricity.
Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal editorial board calls the Mearsheimer and Walt article "anti-Semitic in effect" because it gives "aid and comfort to people who have no trouble substituting the word 'Jews' for 'Israel Lobby'": The authors are at pains to note that the Israel Lobby is by no means exclusively Jewish, and that not every American Jew is a part of it.
Although Article 420 is in effect, it is not yet being enforced, because the relevant "established applicable norms" do not exist.
That attitude spilled over to a "From the Desk of David Pogue" e-column I wrote in 2004, in which I attempted to throw water on scare-tactic computer-magazine articles that said, in effect: "Ooooh!
Mr. Barzani noted that one of the main reason Kurds dropped their opposition to the election law in November was a promise by President Obama that the United States would "push hard" to put in effect Article 140.
In 1911, Einstein published another article expanding on the 1907 article, in which additional effects such as the deflection of light by massive bodies were predicted.
These differences may be explained by the heterogeneity of biomedical journals included in the data set and is addressed by controlling for both article effects and journal effects in the statistical model.
