* § 78. Effect of partial invalidity. If any provision of this article
or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, the validity of the remainder of this article and of the
application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall
not be affected thereby.

* NB The text of Article 5 of the former State Housing Law (cited
herein as the "Municipal Housing Authorities Law"), as such article
existed immediately prior to its repeal pursuant to section 227 of
Chapter 808 of the Laws of 1939, is provided here for ease of reference
and historical purposes as such text continues to be applicable for the
New York City Housing Authority pursuant to the provisions of section
401 of the current Public Housing Law.