Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§17b Separability of 1968 Amendment
Title 7 › Chapter 1— COMMODITY EXCHANGES › § 17b
Summary
If a court strikes down part of the Act or says it doesn't apply in one case, the rest of the Act still stays in force for other people and situations. Cases already started keep going and must be finished under the chapter rules that were in effect before this Act took effect.
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Title 7, §17b
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby, and the provisions of the section of this chapter which is amended by such provision of this Act shall apply to such person or circumstances. Pending proceedings shall not be abated by reason of any provision of this Act but shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in effect prior to the effective date of this Act.
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References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 90–258, Feb. 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 26. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Effective Date
of this Act, referred to in text, as one hundred and twenty days after Feb. 19, 1968, see section 28 of Pub. L. 90–258, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1968 Amendment note under section 2 of this title. Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Commodity Exchange Act which comprises this chapter.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 17b
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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