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N.Y. PBH Law § 1397

This is the official text of N.Y. PBH Law § 1397, part of New York’s PBH Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "PBH Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Separability

Official statutory text

§ 1397. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,\nsection or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of\ncompetent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect,\nimpair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its\noperation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or\npart thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment\nshall have been rendered.\n

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