2360                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 691

If any provision of this subtitle or its application
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the subtitle which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or application and to this
end the provisions of this subtitle are severable.]

REVISOR'S MOTE: This section is proposed for repeal
as unnecessary in light of Chapter 241 of the
Acts of 1973 which provides a general
severability clause.

[3-413.

If any provision of this subtitle, except provisions
of §§ 3-403(a), 3-406, and 3-411 is held invalid, the
invalidity shall not affect or render other provisions of
the subtitle invalid or inoperative.]

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is proposed for repeal
as unnecessary in light of Chapter 241 of the
Acts of 1973 which provides a general
severability clause.

[9-307.

If any provision of this subtitle or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the subtitle which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application and to this
end the provisions of this subtitle are declared to be
severable.]

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is proposed for repeal
as unnecessary in light of Chapter 241 of the
Acts of 1973 which provides a general
severability clause.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
616 1/2 (b) and (d) of Article 27 - Crises ana
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Additional Supplement) be and
it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
616 1/2.

(b) (1) Subject to the provisions of [section]
SUBSECTION (c) of this [subsection] SECTION, every