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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title II — PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES · Chapter 15E

Section 17: Severability and construction

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Section 17.
(a)This compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.
(b)This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
(c)Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts to which the states are members.
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