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Code · New Jersey · Title App.A · Chapter 3

App.A:3-12. Intent and construction of act; partial invalidity

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This act shall be liberally construed and the powers hereby granted and the duties hereby imposed shall be construed to be independent and severable. If any one or more sections, sentences, or clauses of this act shall, for any reason, be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remaining sections, sentences or clauses or other provisions of this act, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision so held unconstitutional or invalid.
(L.1933, c. 428, s. 12, p. 1152. Amended by L.1949, c. 191, p. 641, s. 3.)
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