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Code · U.S. Code · Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY · CHAPTER 7— LIQUIDATION · SUBCHAPTER IV— COMMODITY BROKER LIQUIDATION · § 763

§ 763. Treatment of accounts

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(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.
(Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2618; Pub. L. 98–353, title III, § 486, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 383.)
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.
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  • Pub. L. 95–598
  • 92 Stat. 2618
  • Pub. L. 98–353, title III, § 486
  • 98 Stat. 383
  • Pub. L. 98–353
  • section 552(a) of Pub. L. 98–353
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