An obscure provision is a clause or section in a legal document, contract, or law that is not well-known or widely understood by the public. It is often hidden within larger text and may have unintended or unexpected consequences.
Sentences with «obscure provision»
The collection was created utilizing a relatively obscure provision of copy right law, Section 108h, which allows libraries to make available works published between 1923 and 1941 if they meet certain criteria. (ebookevangelist.com)
An almost equally obscure provision in the Act provides the peg upon which well - disposed judges could hang a broad CP jurisprudence, filling the definitional void left by CPA 2004, s 1. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
She is even the direct target of obscure provisions added to new legislation passed by Parliament. (slaw.ca)