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title: "3 Severability Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“If the good is not dependent on the bad and can be separated from it, one gives effect to the good that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-kriegler/if-the-good-is-not-dependent-on-the-bad-and-can-be-separated-from-it/)

[Johann Kriegler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-kriegler/)

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> [“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albie-sachs/severability-is-an-important-concept-in-the-context-of-the-relations/)

[Albie Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albie-sachs/)

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> [“The bad parts of the statute are not judicially severable, I consider, from the rest of its provisions that deal with imprisonment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-didcott/the-bad-parts-of-the-statute-are-not-judicially-severable-i-consider/)

[John Didcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-didcott/)

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