N.Y. General Business Law § 695: Separability clause; construction

§ 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.