If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or requirement of this article or if any section, subsection, clause, phrase or requirement of this article as amended by the Legislature at its regular session held in the year one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, if for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this article, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase and requirement thereof, including any amendments thereto adopted by the Legislature at its regular session held in the year one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or requirements be declared unconstitutional.
W. Va. Code § 51-9-16
Severability of article and amendments thereto
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 177 W. Va. 173 - DePond v. Gainer (1986)
Most recently applied in 177 W. Va. 173 - DePond v. Gainer (July 1986)
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