11 U.S.C. § 103. Applicability of chapters

  1. (a)
    (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)
    (b)Subchapters I and II of chapter 7 of this title apply only in a case under such chapter.
  3. (c)
    (c)Subchapter III of chapter 7 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter concerning a stockbroker.
  4. (d)
    (d)Subchapter IV of chapter 7 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter concerning a commodity broker.
  5. (e)
    (e)

    Scope of Application.—

    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 4091 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991.
  6. (f)
    (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)
    (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)
    (h)Subchapter IV of chapter 11 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter concerning a railroad.
  9. (i)
    (i)Chapter 13 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter.
  10. (j)
    (j)Chapter 12 of this title applies only in a case under such chapter.
  11. (k)
    (k)

    Chapter 15 applies only in a case under such chapter, except that—

    1. (1)
      (k)(1)sections 1505, 1513, and 1514 apply in all cases under this title; and
    2. (2)
      (k)(2)section 1509 applies whether or not a case under this title is pending.
(Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2555; Pub. L. 97–222, § 2, July 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 98–353, title III, § 423, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 369; Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 252, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3104; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 112(c)(5)(A)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–394; Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 802(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 145; Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(a)(2), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3557.)