Act of Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86-293, 73 Stat. 571
An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act in regard to the verification of pleadings
Eighty-Sixth Congress, Session I · Approved September 21, 1959
A one-sentence amendment of section 18c: petitions for both voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy must be verified under oath.
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 subdivision c of section 18 of the Bankruptcy Act is amended to read as follows:
“c. Petitions for both voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy shall be verified under oath.”
Approved September 21, 1959.