Section 1278. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective

If any provision of any section of this title or the application thereof
  to  any  person  or circumstance shall be adjudged invalid by a court of
  competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in  its
  operation  to  the  controversy  in which it was rendered, and shall not
  affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of  any  section  of
  this title or the application of any part thereof to any other person or
  circumstance  and  to  this  end  the provisions of each section of this
  title are hereby declared to be severable.