Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 120 — Minority Business Development
§ 9596. Separability
Statutory 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—
shall not affect, impair, or invalidate—
any other provision of this chapter; or
the application of this chapter to any other person or circumstance; and
shall be confined in its operation to—
the provision of this chapter with respect to which the judgment is rendered; or
the application of the provision of this chapter to each person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment is rendered.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Minority Business Development Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–58 div. K title VII § 100706 · 135 Stat. 429
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9596
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title VII, § 100706, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1467.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title VII, § 100706, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1467.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 100706. SEPARABILITY. If a provision of this division, or the application of a provision of this division to any person or circumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment— (1) shall not affect, impair, or invalidate— (A) any other provision of this division; or (B) the application of this division to any other person or circumstance; and (2) shall be confined in its operation to— (A) the provision of this division with respect to which the judgment is rendered; or (B) the application of the provision of this division to each person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment is rendered.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this division”, meaning div. K of Pub. L. 117–58, , 135 Stat. 1445, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of division K to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9501 of this title and Tables.