28 USC § 598 - Severability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s598"
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title: "28 USC § 598 - Severability"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "598"
section_name: "Severability"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "INDEPENDENT COUNSEL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–521, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1873; amended Pub. L. 97–409, §§ 2(a)(1)(A), 7, Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2039, 2042; Pub. L. 100–191, § 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1306.)"
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# § 598. Severability

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

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–521, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1873; amended Pub. L. 97–409, §§ 2(a)(1)(A), 7, Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2039, 2042; Pub. L. 100–191, § 2, Dec. 15, 1987, 101 Stat. 1306.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1987— amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to severability for provisions relating to termination of chapter. See .

1983—, §§ 2(a)(1)(A), 7, substituted reference to the date of enactment of the Ethics in Government Act Amendments of 1982 for reference to the date of enactment of this chapter and substituted “independent counsel” for “special prosecutor” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable to proceedings initiated and independent counsels appointed on and after , see , set out as a note under .