§ 695. Separability clause; construction. 1. If any part or provision
of this article or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the
part, provision or application directly involved in the controversy in
which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or
impair the validity of the remainder of this article or the application
thereof to other persons or circumstances and the legislature hereby
declares that it would have enacted this article or the remainder
thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been
apparent.

2. This article shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes
thereof.