2016 US Code
Title 11 - Bankruptcy
Chapter 7 - Liquidation
Subchapter IV - Commodity Broker Liquidation
Sec. 763 - Treatment of accounts

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Citation 11 U.S.C. § 763 (2016)
Section Name §763. Treatment of accounts
Section Text

(a) Accounts held by the debtor for a particular customer in separate capacities shall be treated as accounts of separate customers.

(b) A member of a clearing organization shall be deemed to hold such member's proprietary account in a separate capacity from such member's customers' account.

(c) The net equity in a customer's account may not be offset against the net equity in the account of any other customer.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2618; Pub. L. 98–353, title III, §486, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 383.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES SENATE REPORT NO. 95–989

Section 763 provides for separate treatment of accounts held in separate capacities. A deficit in one account held for a customer may not be offset against the net equity in another account held by the same customer in a separate capacity or held by another customer.

AMENDMENTS

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–353 substituted "by the debtor for" for "by" and "treated as" for "deemed to be".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–353 effective with respect to cases filed 90 days after July 10, 1984, see section 552(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY
CHAPTER 7 - LIQUIDATION
SUBCHAPTER IV - COMMODITY BROKER LIQUIDATION
Sec. 763 - Treatment of accounts
Contains section 763
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 92 Stat. 2618
98 Stat. 383
Public Law References Public Law 95-598, Public Law 98-353
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