Section 119. Separability clause

If  any clause, sentence, paragraph,
  section or part of this article, as originally added  by  chapter  eight
  hundred  forty-one  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred forty-seven, or as
  amended or supplemented heretofore or hereafter, shall  be  adjudged  by
  any  court of competent jurisdiction, to be invalid or unconstitutional,
  such judgment shall not  affect,  impair  or  invalidate  the  remainder
  thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
  paragraph,  section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy
  in which such judgment shall have been rendered.