UNIFORM DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS ACT 1373

franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the Attorney-General of the
State shall also be served with a copy of the proceeding and be entitled
to be heard.

1939, ch. 294, sec. 12.

12. (Construction.) This Article is declared to be remedial; its purpose
is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with re-
spect to rights, status and other legal relations; and is to be liberally con-
strued and administered.

1939, ch. 294, sec. 13.

13. (Words Construed.) The word "person" wherever used in this
Article, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock
company, unincorporated association, or society, or municipal or other cor-
poration of any character whatsoever.

1939, ch. 294, sec. 14.

14. (Provisions Severable.) The several sections and provisions of
this Article except sections 1 and 2 are hereby declared independent and
severable, and the invalidity, if any, of any part or feature thereof shall
not affect or render the remainder of the Article invalid or inoperative.

1939, ch. 294, sec. 15.

15. (Uniformity of Interpretation.) This Article shall be so interpreted
and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the
law of those States which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible,
with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments
and decrees.

1939, ch. 294, sec. 16.

16. (Short Title.) This Article may be cited as the Uniform Declara-
tory Judgments Act.¹

¹ Sec. 17, ch. 294, 1939, repealed all acts inconsistent therewith.