(a) This act, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

(b) If any provision of the title or any section or clause of this act, or the application thereof to any person, party, corporation, public or private, shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confirmed in its operation to the controversy in which it was rendered, and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of the title or any section or clause of this act, or the application of any part thereof to any other person, party, corporation, public or private, or circumstance and, to this end, the provisions of the title, or any section or clause of this act, hereby are declared to be severable. It hereby is declared as the legislative intent that this act would have been adopted had any provision declared unconstitutional not been included herein.