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[CITE: 28USC598]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                     CHAPTER 40--INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
 
Sec. 598. Severability

    If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter 
and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly 
situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by such 
invalidation.

(Added Pub. L. 95-521, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1873; amended Pub. L. 97-409, Secs. 2(a)(1)(A), 7, Jan. 3, 1983, 96 
Stat. 2039, 2042; Pub. L. 100-191, Sec. 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1306.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Pub. L. 100-191 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions relating to severability for provisions relating to 
termination of chapter. See section 599 of this title.
    1983--Pub. L. 97-409, Secs. 2(a)(1)(A), 7, substituted reference to 
the date of enactment of the Ethics in Government Act Amendments of 1982 
for reference to the date of enactment of this chapter and substituted 
``independent counsel'' for ``special prosecutor'' wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-191 effective Dec. 15, 1987, and applicable 
to proceedings initiated and independent counsels appointed on and after 
Dec. 15, 1987, see section 6 of Pub. L. 100-191, set out as a note under 
section 591 of this title.
