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The rest of the Act survives if a provision falls

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

The rest of the Act survives if a provision falls

The document says “shall notWho acts: Federal courtsHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be affected.”

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

Section 5 is a severability clause. If a provision of the Act, or an amendment the Act makes, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions and amendments are not affected.

What the document actually says

“If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be affected.”

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
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If one part of this law is struck down, the rest keeps working.

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A court may find one piece bad. That does not knock out the whole law.

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