If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of the Charter is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional; such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and the invalidity thereof shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
All proceedings of the Township Committee of
the Township of Montville, County of Morris, including the elections
and qualifications of its members, and all actions of the said Township
Committee, relating to this act, and to the petition of the Legislature
for the passage of a special act, and the time and manner of publication
of notice of intention to apply therefor, are hereby ratified, confirmed
and validated.
The act shall take effect immediately, subject to the results of the referendum herein provided. Following such referendum the Township Clerk shall forthwith file his certificate of the results of the referendum on the public question with the Secretary of State, and the Charter shall become operative on the first day of the year next following a favorable vote determined pursuant to §
C-47 of this act.