§ 5. Severability

Cite as: 25 CNCA § 5

A. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code, in the event any title, chapter, Code section or subdivision thereof, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Code is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this Code.

B. Except as otherwise specifically provided in a law or resolution of the Council, in the event any section, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of a law or resolution of the Council is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of such law or resolution, which shall remain in full force and effect as if such portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of such law or resolution. The Council declares that it would have enacted the remaining parts of the law or resolution if it had known that such portion thereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.