§  1351.  Application  of article. If any provision of this article or  the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be adjudged  by  any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or  unconstitutional,  such  judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined (i) in its operation of the  provision, or (ii) in its application  to  the  person  or  circumstance  directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have  been rendered.