IBC 152 — General powers of bankruptcy trustee

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

The  bankruptcy  trustee  may  while  discharging  his functions under this Chapter,—

(a) sell any part of the estate of the bankrupt;
(b) give receipts for any money received by him;
(c)  prove,  rank,  claim  and  draw  a  dividend  in  respect  of  such  debts  due  to  the  bankrupt  as  are comprised in his estate;
(d) where any property comprised in the estate of the bankrupt is held by any person by way of pledge  or  hypothecation, exercise  the  right  of  redemption  in  respect  of  any  such  property  subject to the relevant contract by giving notice to the said person;
(e) where any part of the estate of the bankrupt consists of securities in a company or any other property which is transferable in the books  of a person, exercise the  right to transfer the  property to the same extent as the bankrupt might have exercised it if he had not become bankrupt; and (f)  deal  with  any  property  comprised  in  the  estate  of  the  bankrupt  to  which  the  bankrupt  is beneficially entitled in the same manner as he might have dealt with it.

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