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CHAPTER 9⁠—BANKRUPTCY — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
151.Definition.
152.Concealment of assets; false oaths and claims; bribery.
153.Embezzlement against estate.
154.Adverse interest and conduct of officers.
155.Fee agreements in cases under title 11 and receiverships.
156.Knowing disregard of bankruptcy law or rule.
157.Bankruptcy fraud.
158.Designation of United States attorneys and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to address abusive reaffirmations of debt and materially fraudulent statements in bankruptcy schedules.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2005⁠—Pub. L. 109–8, title II, § 203(b)(2), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 49, added item 158.

1994⁠—Pub. L. 103–394, title III, § 312(a)(2), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4140, substituted “against estate” for “by trustee or officer” in item 153 and added items 156 and 157.

1978⁠—Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 314(b)(2), (d)(3), (e)(3), (f)(3), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2677, substituted in item 151 “Definition” for “Definitions”; struck from item 153 “, receiver” after “trustee” and from item 154 “referees and other” before “officers”; and substituted in item 155 “cases under title 11 and receiverships” for “bankruptcy proceedings”.