Georgia § 11-1-105 - Severability.

§ 11-1-105. Severability.

If any provision or clause of this title or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this title are declared to be severable. (Code 1933, § 109A-1 - 105, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1081, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2685, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 633, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1323, § 15; Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 3A-1/SB 65.) The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, substituted "Law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of security interests and agricultural liens. Code Sections 11-9-301 through 11-9-307." for "Perfection provisions of the article of this title on secured transactions (Article 9 of this title). Code Section 11-9-103." in the sixth undesignated paragraph of subsection (2). The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, rewrote this Code section. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1993, p. 633, which amended this Code section, provides, in § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, that: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1993, for all lease contracts that are first made or that first become effective between the parties on or after that date. This Act shall not apply to any lease first made or that first became effective between the parties before July 1, 1993, or to any extension, amendment, modification, renewal, or supplement of or to any such lease contract, unless the parties thereto specifically agree in writing that such lease contract, as extended, amended, modified, renewed, or supplemented, shall be governed by this Act." Law reviews. - For article on choice-of-law of contracts in Georgia, see 21 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (1970). For essay on Georgia conflict of laws questions in contracts cases in the eleventh circuit and certification reform, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 531 (1995). For note on 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 163 (1992). For note on 1993 amendment of this section, see 10 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 34 (1993).