If any provision of this Act or any application of any provision to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not nullify or otherwise impair the remainder of this Act or any other provision or application thereof, but the effect shall be confined to the specific provision or application thereof held invalid, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.   [PL 1977, c. 525, §13 (NEW).]