Section 695. Separability clause; construction

1. If any part or provision
  of  this  article  or  the  application  thereof  to   any   person   or
  circumstances   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 the 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.
    2. This article shall be liberally construed to  effect  the  purposes
  thereof.