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11 U.S.C. § 103

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  1. (a)Except as provided in section 1161 of this title, chapters 1, 3, and 5 of this title apply in a case under chapter 7, 11, 12, or 13 of this title, and this chapter, sections 307, 362(o), 555 through 557, and 559 through 562 apply in a case under chapter 15.
  2. (b)Subchapters I and II of chapter 7 of this title apply only in a case under such chapter.
  3. (c)Subchapter III of chapter 7 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter concerning a stockbroker.
  4. (d)Subchapter IV of chapter 7 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter concerning a commodity broker.
  5. (e)Subchapter V of chapter 7 of this title shall apply only in a case under such chapter concerning the liquidation of an uninsured State member bank, or a corporation organized under section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act, which operates, or operates as, a multilateral clearing organization pursuant to section 409 1 See References in Text note below. of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991.
  6. (f)Except as provided in section 901 of this title, only chapters 1 and 9 of this title apply in a case under such chapter 9.
  7. (g)Except as provided in section 901 of this title, subchapters I, II, and III of chapter 11 of this title apply only in a case under such chapter.
  8. (h)Subchapter IV of chapter 11 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter concerning a railroad.
  9. (i)Subchapter V of chapter 11 of this title applies only in a case under chapter 11 in which a debtor (as defined in section 1182) elects that subchapter V of chapter 11 shall apply.
  10. (j)Chapter 13 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter.
  11. (k)Chapter 12 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter.
  12. (l)Chapter 15 applies only in a case under such chapter, except that—
    1. (1)sections 1505, 1513, and 1514 apply in all cases under this title; and
    2. (2)section 1509 applies whether or not a case under this title is pending.