{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s9596","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f9596.","heading":"Separability","text":"\u00a7\u202f9596.\nSeparability\nIf a provision of this chapter, or the application of a provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment\u2014\n(1) shall not affect, impair, or invalidate\u2014\n(A) any other provision of this chapter; or\n(B) the application of this chapter to any other person or circumstance; and\n(2) shall be confined in its operation to\u2014\n(A) the provision of this chapter with respect to which the judgment is rendered; or\n(B) the application of the provision of this chapter to each person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment is rendered.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s9596.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f9596."},{"t":"heading","text":"Separability","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"If a provision of this chapter, or the application of a provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" shall not affect, impair, or invalidate\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" any other provision of this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the application of this chapter to any other person or circumstance; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" shall be confined in its operation to\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the provision of this chapter with respect to which the judgment is rendered; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9596/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the application of the provision of this chapter to each person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment is rendered.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}