177 - Severability.

§  177. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,  section or part of  this  article  shall  be  adjudged  by  a  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,  subdivision,  section  or  part  of this article directly involved in the controversy in which such  judgment shall have been rendered.