22 USC § 2523 - Separability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2523"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2523 - Separability"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2523"
section_name: "Separability"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "THE PEACE CORPS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 27, formerly § 26, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 625; renumbered § 27, Pub. L. 99–83, title XI, § 1105(a)(1), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 276.)"
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# § 2523. Separability

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

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 27, formerly § 26, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 625; renumbered § 27, Pub. L. 99–83, title XI, § 1105(a)(1), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 276.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Peace Corps Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 28 and is set out as an Effective Date note under .