Act of Apr. 10, 1936, ch. 186, 49 Stat. 1198
An Act To amend chapter 9 of the Act of July 1, 1898, entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto
Seventy-Fourth Congress, Session II · Approved April 10, 1936
This is an unofficial transcription, prepared by Robert J. Pfister for ease of reading and copying. The authoritative text is the United States Statutes at Large.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 79 of chapter 9 of the Act of July 1, 1898, entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 79. Additional Jurisdiction.—Until January 1, 1940, in addition to the jurisdiction exercised in voluntary and involuntary proceedings to adjudge persons bankrupt, courts of bankruptcy shall exercise original jurisdiction in proceedings for the relief of debtors, as provided in this chapter of this Act.”
Approved, April 10, 1936.