12 USC § 1732 - Separability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1732"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1732 - Separability"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1732"
section_name: "Separability"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 513A, formerly § 513, 48 Stat. 1265; renumbered Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 204(a)(19), Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2232.)"
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# § 1732. Separability

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

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 513A, formerly § 513, 48 Stat. 1265; renumbered Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 204(a)(19), Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2232.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### References in Other Laws

> “Any reference in any law, regulation, order, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the section redesignated in this paragraph [this section] hereby is deemed to refer to section 513A of the National Housing Act [this section].”

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