Washington § 70.44.901 - Severability — Construction — 1974 ex.s. c 165.

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§ 70.44.901. Severability — Construction — 1974 ex.s. c 165.

If any section, clause, or other provision of this 1974 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of such 1974 amendatory act, or the application of such section, clause, or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected. The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this 1974 amendatory act, but the same shall be liberally construed, in order to carry out the purposes and objects for which this 1974 amendatory act is intended. When this 1974 amendatory act comes in conflict with any provision, limitation, or restriction in any other law, this 1974 amendatory act shall govern and control.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 165 s 6.]

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