If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter or
application thereof to any persons or circumstance shall be adjudged
by any court to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair
or invalidate the remainder thereof or the application thereof to
other persons and circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof and the persons
and circumstances directly involved in the controversy in which such
judgment shall have been rendered.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State of the State of New York.