2012 US Code
Title 11 - Bankruptcy
Chapter 15 - ANCILLARY AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CASES (§§ 1501 - 1532)
Subchapter III - RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN PROCEEDING AND RELIEF (§§ 1515 - 1524)
Section 1523 - Actions to avoid acts detrimental to creditors

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 11 - BANKRUPTCY
CHAPTER 15 - ANCILLARY AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CASES
SUBCHAPTER III - RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN PROCEEDING AND RELIEF
Sec. 1523 - Actions to avoid acts detrimental to creditors
Containssection 1523
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 109-8, title VIII, §801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 142.
Statutes at Large Reference119 Stat. 142
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 109-8

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RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN PROCEEDING AND RELIEF - 11 U.S.C. § 1523 (2012)
§1523. Actions to avoid acts detrimental to creditors

(a) Upon recognition of a foreign proceeding, the foreign representative has standing in a case concerning the debtor pending under another chapter of this title to initiate actions under sections 522, 544, 545, 547, 548, 550, 553, and 724(a).

(b) When a foreign proceeding is a foreign nonmain proceeding, the court must be satisfied that an action under subsection (a) relates to assets that, under United States law, should be administered in the foreign nonmain proceeding.

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, §801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 142.)

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