§ 710. Partial invalidity; short title

Statutory text

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this subchapter, which shall be known by the short title of the “Migratory Bird Treaty Act”, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been 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.

1918
A|Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Pub. L. 65–128 · 40 Stat. 755
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 710
(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755, 757.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755, 757.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

The provisions of this section relating to short title are from section 1 of act July 3, 1918, and the provisions relating to severability are from section 10 of that act.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title of 2004 Amendment

Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title I, § 143(a), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3071, provided that: “This section [amending section 703 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 703 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004’.”

Short Title of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–312, title I, § 101, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2956, provided that: “This title [amending sections 704 and 707 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 704 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998’.”

Credits

(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755, 757.)