18 USC § 928 - Separability

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title: "18 USC § 928 - Separability"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "928"
section_name: "Separability"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "FIREARMS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 234; amended Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1226.)"
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# § 928. Separability

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 not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 234; amended Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1226.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1968— reenacted section without change.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .