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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Section 139: Effect of discharge

Chapter IV — Bankruptcy Order for Individuals and Partnership Firms

The discharge order under sub-section (2) of section 138 shall release the bankrupt from all the bankruptcy debts:

Provided that a discharge shall not –

(a) affect the functions of the bankruptcy trustee; or

(b) affect the operation of the provisions of Chapter IV and V of Part III:

(c) release the bankrupt from any debt incurred by means of fraud or breach of trust to which he was a party; or

(d ) discharge the bankrupt from any excluded debt.

Source: official text of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.