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Code · U.S. Code · Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS · CHAPTER 9— FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT · SUBCHAPTER X— MISCELLANEOUS · § 391

§ 391. Separability clause

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If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the chapter and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1001, formerly § 901, 52 Stat. 1059; renumbered § 1001, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784.)
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  • June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1001
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