Procedure section.

A section consists of a section header followed by zero, one, or more successive paragraphs. A section ends immediately before the next section or at the end of the procedure division or, in the declaratives portion of the procedure division, at the keywords END DECLARATIVES.

Format.

          section-name-1 SECTION [ segment-number ] .

              { procedure-paragraph } ...

Notes.

The segment number is obsolete and is ignored by Kobol.