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7 U.S.C. § 136x — Severability

submitted 79 years ago by Pub. L. 92-516 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 54 words · no verdicts yet

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This law says its parts work independently. If a court strikes down one provision, the rest of the subchapter stays in effect. Each part can stand on its own.

This section protects the rest of the law if part of it is found illegal. Suppose a court rules that one provision of this subchapter is invalid — either in general, or as applied to a specific person or situation. That ruling does not knock out the rest of the subchapter. Every other provision, and every other way this subchapter applies to people or situations, stays in effect, as long as it can work without the invalid part. The law calls this being "severable." That means each piece can be cut away on its own without destroying the rest.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this subchapter which can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subchapter are severable.

Source credit: (June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 34, formerly § 26, as added Pub. L. 92–516, § 2, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 998; renumbered § 30, Pub. L. 95–396, § 24(1), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 836; renumbered § 33, Pub. L. 104–170, title I, § 121(1), Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1492; renumbered § 34, Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title V, § 501(f)(1), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 422.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1947Enacted · Pub. L. 92-516 · 86 Stat. 998
  • 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-396 · 92 Stat. 836
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-170 · 110 Stat. 1492
  • 2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-199 · 118 Stat. 422

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-516 on 1947-06-25.

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