Act of Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 893, 70 Stat. 955
An Act To amend subdivision e of section 58, Notices, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended,
Eighty-Fourth Congress, Session II · Approved August 2, 1956
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision e of section 58 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 58e. The court shall, in every case instituted under any provisions of this Act, mail or cause to be mailed a copy of the notice of the first meeting of creditors to the district director of internal revenue for the district in which the court is located, and to the Comptroller General of the United States. Whenever the schedules of the bankrupt, or the list of creditors of the bankrupt, or any other papers filed in the case disclose a debt to the United States acting through any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, (except for any internal revenue obligation payable to the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate) a notice of the first meeting shall be mailed as well to the head of such department, agency, or instrumentality.”
Approved August 2, 1956.