§ 9596

If a provision of this chapter, or the application of a provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment— ((1)) shall not affect, impair, or invalidate— ((A)) any other provision of this chapter; or ((B)) the application of this chapter to any other person or circumstance; and ((2)) shall be confined in its operation to— ((A)) the provision of this chapter with respect to which the judgment is rendered; or ((B)) the application of the provision of this chapter to each person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment is rendered.