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 === 1. Public Hearings ===
-Youth Justice Court hearings are open to the public. A justice may, however, exclude any person from all or part of the proceedings if the Justice considers that the person’s presence is unnecessary to the conduct of the proceedings and the justice is of the opinion that:
+Youth Justice Court hearings are open to the public.  However, the Court may exclude any person from all or part of the proceedings if it considers their presence to be unnecessary and that (''YCJA'' s 132(1)):
-*any information presented to the justice would be seriously injurious or seriously prejudicial to the young person, a witness, or a victim, or
+*“[A]ny evidence or information presented to the court… would be seriously injurious or seriously prejudicial to” the young person the proceedings are dealing with, or to a child or youth witness or  victim (''YCJA'' s 132(1)(a)); or
-*it would be in the interest of public morals, the maintenance of order, or the proper administration of justice to exclude any member of the public (s 132).
+*“[I]t would be in the interest of public morals, the maintenance of order, or the proper administration of justice to exclude any or all members of the public” (''YCJA'' s 132(1)(b)).
 === 2. Publication of a Young Person’s Identity ===