Section 417. Separability clause

If any part or provision of this article
  or the application thereof to any person  or  circumstance  be  adjudged
  invalid  by  any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be
  confined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly
  involved in the controversy in  which  such  judgment  shall  have  been
  rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of
  this  article  or  application thereof to other persons or circumstances
  and the legislature hereby declares that  it  would  have  enacted  this
  article or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or
  application thereof been apparent.