§ 324. Removal of trustee or examiner

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–598 · 92 Stat. 2549

   Enacted · 11 U.S.C. § 324

   Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2562

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2562

2. 1986

   Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–554 title II § 208 · 100 Stat. 3088

   1. Amended · 11 U.S.C. § 324

      Pub. L. 99–554 amended section generally

   2. Amended · 11 U.S.C. § 324

      Pub. L. 99–554 designating existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   3. Substituted · 11 U.S.C. § 324

      Pub. L. 99–554 substituting “a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner” for “a trustee or an examiner”

   4. Added · 11 U.S.C. § 324

      Pub. L. 99–554 adding subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–554 amended section generally, designating existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituting “a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner” for “a trustee or an examiner”, and adding subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 208. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE OR EXAMINER. Section 324 of title 11, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 324. Removal of trustee or examiner “(a) Courts, U.S. The court, after notice and a hearing, may remove a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner, for cause. “(b) Whenever the court removes a trustee or examiner under subsection (a) in a case under this title, such trustee or examiner shall thereby be removed in all other cases under this title in which such trustee or examiner is then serving unless the court orders otherwise.”.

   Effective date note
   Effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 99–554 dependent upon the judicial district involved, see section 302(d), (e) of Pub. L. 99–554, set out as a note under section 581 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

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