MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1709

THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE MARYLAND FOREIGN
DISCRIMINATORY BOYCOTTS ACT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason,
the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or
any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and
to this end all the provisions of this Act are declared
to be severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect [[July 1, 1976]] January 1, 1977.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 614

(Senate Bill 939)

AN ACT concerning

Wrongful Death - Curative Act

FOR the purpose of correcting an error in Chapter 784 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of 1971 to clarify,
by legislative construction, the intent of the
General Assembly as to the applicability of this
Act; and to permit certain persons to maintain a
cause of action in a wrongful death case.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 784

Section 2

Acts of the General Assembly of 1971

Preamble

By Chapter 784 of the Acts of 1971, the General
Assembly extended the time within which an action must be
commenced in a case of wrongful death.

The General Assembly intended to give the benefit of
this extended statute of limitations to persons whose
cause of action arose after the effective date of Chapter
784. It was also intended that this benefit be given to
persons whose cause of action had not been foreclosed on
July 1, 1971 under the previous two-year statute of