Infinitive usage: is this acceptable?

[bertietheblue]

'This document is not required to, and does not, contain all information.'

or does 'contain' serve two functions which should be distinguished, at least in formal English (in this case, a legal document), so:

'This document is not required to contain, and does not contain, all information.'

[bhaisahab]

'This document is not required to, and does not, contain all information.'

or does 'contain' serve two functions which should be distinguished, at least in formal English (in this case, a legal document), so:

'This document is not required to contain, and does not contain, all information.'

Would it not be simpler and more direct to say: "This document does not contain all (the) information, as it is not required to do so".

[bertietheblue]

Would it not be simpler and more direct to say: "This document does not contain all (the) information, as it is not required to do so".

Thanks, and yes, that would make sense in any other case. But I'm afraid the wordier and more stilted the English is in a legal document, the better, and a lawyer would see any correction into plain English as both needless and, for a legal document, unidiomatic. So, the essential structure has to remain and, given this, my question is simply whether or not the first sentence is acceptable.

[bhaisahab]

Thanks, and yes, that would make sense in any other case. But I'm afraid the wordier and more stilted the English is in a legal document, the better, and a lawyer would see any correction into plain English as both needless and, for a legal document, unidiomatic. So, the essential structure has to remain and, given this, my question is simply whether or not the first sentence is acceptable.

In that case yes, the first sentence is OK. Heaven forbid that we should make legal documents understandable to everyone.

[kfredson]

'This document is not required to, and does not, contain all information.'

or does 'contain' serve two functions which should be distinguished, at least in formal English (in this case, a legal document), so:

'This document is not required to contain, and does not contain, all information.'

I would accept either form, although I would prefer the second.