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[CITE: 45USC161]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--RAILWAY LABOR
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 161. Effect of partial invalidity of chapter

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

(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, Sec. 11, 44 Stat. 587.)


             Separability; Repeal of Inconsistent Provisions

    Section 8 of act June 21, 1934, provided that: ``If any section, 
subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Act [amending sections 
151 to 158, 160, and 162 of this title] is for any reason held to be 
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the 
remaining portions of this Act. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.''
