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775 ILCS 10/8

(775 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 29, par. 24)

Sec. 8.

The invalidity or unconstitutionality of any one or more
provisions, parts, or sections of this Act shall not be held or construed
to invalidate the whole or any other provision, part, or section thereof,
it being intended that this Act shall be sustained and enforced to the
fullest extent possible and that it shall be construed as liberally as
possible to prevent refusals, denials, and discriminations of and with
reference to the award of contracts and employment thereunder, on the
ground of race, color, creed, sex, religion, physical or mental
disability unrelated to ability, or national origin.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)