15 USC § 57 - Separability clause

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s57"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 57 - Separability clause"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "57"
section_name: "Separability clause"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, § 17, as added Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, § 4, 52 Stat. 114.)"
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# § 57. Separability clause

If any provision of this subchapter, or the application thereof to any person, partnership, or corporation, or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter, and the application of such provisions to any other person, partnership, corporation, or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, § 17, as added Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, § 4, 52 Stat. 114.)