50 USC § 4239 - Severability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4239"
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title: "50 USC § 4239 - Severability"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4239"
section_name: "Severability"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "RESTITUTION FOR WORLD WAR II INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND ALEUTS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ALEUTIAN AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS RESTITUTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–383, title II, § 209, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 916.)"
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# § 4239. Severability

If any provision of this subchapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter 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**: (Pub. L. 100–383, title II, § 209, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 916.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1989c–8 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.