§ 980-q. Severability. If any provision of any section of this article
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be
adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such order or
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in which
it was rendered and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any
provisions of any section of this article or the application of any part
thereof to any other person or circumstance and to this end the
provisions of each section of this article are hereby declared to be
severable.