It is stated in the preface of the Konin kyakushiki code (amendments to penal and administrative law compiled in 820) that "Twenty-two volumes of administrative codes were completed in the First Year of Emperor Tenmu called Omi-chotei-no-ryo (The Administrative Code of the Omi Court)," but it is believed that the Omi-Ryo (Omi Administrative Code) did not exist.
弘仁格式序に「天智天皇元年に至り、令二十二巻を制す、世人所謂近江朝廷之令也」と伝えるが、近江令は存在しなかったとみられている。