Tennessee § 57-3-112 - Partial invalidity of law — Operation and effect.
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§ 57-3-112. Partial invalidity of law — Operation and effect.
If the referendum election provisions of this chapter, or any part thereof, as contained in § 57-3-106 or elsewhere, be held unconstitutional, or invalid, void, or ineffective, for any reason, in whole or in part, this chapter must fail as such provisions shall not be severable, and no part of this chapter would have been passed without such provisions being contained therein as valid provisions. Acts 1939, ch. 49, § 18; C. Supp. 1950, § 6648.23 (Williams, § 6648.21); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-150. NOTES TO DECISIONS 1. Effect of Section. 1. Effect of Section. This section, in as many words, makes the referendum election provisions, and all parts thereof, inseparable parts of the statute. Akers v. State, 175 Tenn. 674, 137 S.W.2d 281, 1939 Tenn. LEXIS 91 (1940).
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