N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 91.04: Separability clause

§ 91.04 Separability clause.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter

shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,

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.