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title: "11 U.S.C. § 765"
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# 11 U.S.C. § 765 - Customer instructions
## Text
(a) The notice required by section 342 of this title to customers shall instruct each customer—
(1) to file a proof of such customers claim promptly, and to specify in such claim any specifically identifiable security, property, or commodity contract; and
(2) to instruct the trustee of such customers desired disposition, including transfer under section 766 of this title or liquidation, of any commodity contract specifically identified to such customer.
(b) The trustee shall comply, to the extent practicable, with any instruction received from a customer regarding such customers desired disposition of any commodity contract specifically identified to such customer. If the trustee has transferred, under section 766 of this title, such a commodity contract, the trustee shall transmit any such instruction to the commodity broker to whom such commodity contract was so transferred.
(Pub. L. 95598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2619; Pub. L. 97222, § 18, July 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 240; Pub. L. 98353, title III, § 488, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 383.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesFor Historical and Revision Notes for this section, see Historical and Revision Notes set out under section 766 of this title.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98353 substituted “notice required by” for “notice under”. 1982—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97222 substituted “commodity contract” for “commitment”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98353 effective with respect to cases filed 90 days after July 10, 1984, see section 552(a) of Pub. L. 98353, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.