Title 29 of the U.S. Code § 144 - Separability
Full text of § 144 from Title 29 of the United States Code.
§ 144. Separability
If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title V, §503, 61 Stat. 162.)
SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
Editorial Notes
Codification
This subchapter is comprised of the National Labor Relations Act, and is not part of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, which comprises this chapter.
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