Michigan Laws 451.318 – Construction of act; severing clause
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 451.318
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- securities: shall include bonds, notes, debentures, and any other instrument of like character used to evidence indebtedness. See Michigan Laws 451.302
The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to the end that the purposes thereof may be accomplished by preventing fraud, deception and damage on holders or owners of securities. Should any section or clause of this act be declared invalid by any court of last resort having jurisdiction in the premises, then such decision shall affect only the section or clause so declared to be invalid and shall not affect any other section or clause of this act.