16.01 - Severability.

§ 16.01. Severability.  Effect  of unconstitutionality in part. If any  clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this  title  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, subdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the  controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.