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§ 18 — Severability and construction

Massachusetts § 18
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIIPUBLIC WELFARE
Ch. 120AINTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120A, § 18 (2026).

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Section 18.

(a)The provisions of this compact shall be severable and, if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.
(b)The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

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