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title: "12 U.S.C. § 1831"
description: "Separability of certain provisions of this chapter"
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title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
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chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
section: "1831"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1831"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 1831 - Separability of certain provisions of this chapter

## Text

The provisions of this chapter limiting the insurance of the deposits of any depositor to a maximum less than the full amount shall be independent and separable from each and all of the provisions of this chapter.

(Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 967, § 2[23], formerly § 2[21], 64 Stat. 894; renumbered § 2[22], Pub. L. 90–203, § 3, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 610; renumbered § 2[23], Pub. L. 91–508, title I, § 101, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1114.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsSection is derived from subsec. (z) of former section 264 of this title. See Codification note set out under section 1811 of this title.