ðə ɹˈaɪoʊ nˈoʊ dʒˈaɪdʒ kəntˈeɪnz ðə fˈʊl tˈɛkst ʌvðə ɹˈaɪoʊ ɔːɹ sˈɪvəl slˈæʃ ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɪv kˈoʊd pˈɑːɹt ɛksˈɛpt fɔːɹ tˈuː tʃˈæptɚz ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tʊ ɐ kˌædəkˈɑːwə pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ hˈaʊs hˈɪstɚɹi dˈɪkʃənˌɛɹi, ðə mˈɪsɪŋ pˈoːɹʃənz bˈiːɪŋ ðə ænd ðə , ænd ˈiːvən ðɪs lækˈuːnə kæn biː pˈɑːɹtli biː fˈɪld fɹʌm ɐ kəlˈɛkʃənz ʌv fɹˈæɡmənts ʌvðə kˈoʊdz.
The Ryō no gige contains the full text of the ryō (or civil/administrative code part) except for two chapters according to a Kadokawa publishing house history dictionary, the missing portions being the  and the , and even this lacuna can be partly be filled from a collections of fragments of the codes.