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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Chapter 305 — Hate Crimes

§ 30505. Severability

Statutory text

If any provision of this division, an amendment made by this division, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this division, the amendments made by this division, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

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.

  1. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

    Pub. L. 111–84 div. E § 4709 · 123 Stat. 2190

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 30505

    (Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4709, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4709, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2841.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4709. SEVERABILITY.   If any provision of this division, an amendment made by this division, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this division, the amendments made by this division, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This division, referred to in text, is division E of Pub. L. 111–84, , 123 Stat. 2835, known as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. For complete classification of division E to the Code, see Short Title of 2009 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified as a note under section 249 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4709, , 123 Stat. 2841.)

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