"Any power under this Act to make any order or regulations may be exercised-

(a) either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified cases or classes of case;
(b) so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which it is exercised-
(i) the full provision to which the power extends or any less provision (whether by way of exception or otherwise);"


"Your lawyer, who likely is familiar with local court practice, is your best resource. Generally, all documents filed with a court are public records and are available through the clerk's office. By way of exception, some documents are sealed by special court order, and some documents are confidential by operation of law, such as grand jury materials and criminal files relating to juveniles."


"By way of exception, the statute provided for less stringent requirements in certain circumstances. These less stringent requirements were not in themselves unconstitutional, and it would therefore have been possible to sever them and in that way to implement as much of the legislative intent as possible. However, the Court noted that to do so would really turn the legislative scheme on its head. The exceptions were meant to allow more lenient treatment of persons in certain situations, but if they were upheld while the main provisions were struck down, they would have precisely the opposite effect of dealing more stringently with those persons. This led to the conclusion, at p. 816, that the exceptions were "necessarily connected" to the offending provision, so that even though the exceptions were not themselves impermissible, they must be struck down as well"