19 USC § 1652 - Separability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s1652"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 1652 - Separability"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1652"
section_name: "Separability"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "Miscellaneous Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 652, 46 Stat. 763.)"
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# § 1652. 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 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 652, 46 Stat. 763.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 652 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978

> “If any provision of this Act [see Short Title of 1978 Amendment note set out under
> 
> ], or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”

, , , provided that: