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 690 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. Whoever knowingly and fraudulently gives, offers, receives or attempts to obtain any money or property, remuneration, compensa- tion, reward, advantage, or promise thereof, for acting or forbearing to act in any bankruptcy proceeding; or Whoever, while an agent or officer of any person or corporation, and in contemplation of a bankruptcy proceeding by or against such person or corporation, or with intent to defeat the bankruptcy law, knowingly and fraudulently transfers or conceals any of the prop- erty of such person or corporation; or Whoever, after the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding or in con- templation thereof, knowingly and fraudulently conceals, destroys, mutilates, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any document affecting or relating to the property or affairs of a bankrupt; or Whoever, after the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding, knowingly and fraudulently withholds from the receiver, custodian, trustee, marshal, or other officer of the court entitled to its possession, any document affecting or relating to the property or affairs of a bank- rupt. Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 153. EMBEZZLEMENT BY TRUSTEE, RECEIVER OR OFFICER Whoever knowingly and fraudulently appropriates to his own use, embezzles, spends, or transfers any property or secretes or destroys any document belonging to the estate of a bankrupt which came into his charge as trustee, receiver, custodian, marshal, or other officer of the court, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 154. ADVERSE INTEREST AND CONDUCT OF REFEREES AND OTHER OFFICERS Whoever knowingly acts as a referee in a case in which he is directly or indirectly interested; or Whoever, being a referee, receiver, custodian, trustee, marshal, or other officer of the court, knowingly purchases, directly or indirectly, any property of the estate of which he is such officer in a bankruptcy proceeding; or Whoever being such officer, knowingly refuses to permit a reason- able opportunity for the inspection of the documents and accounts relating to the affairs of estates in his charge by parties in interest when directed by the court to do so- Shall be fined not more than $500, and shall forfeit his office, which shall thereupon become vacant. § 155. FEE AGREEMENTS IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS Whoever, being a party in interest, whether as a debtor, creditor, receiver or trustee or a representative of any of them, in any receiver- ship, bankruptcy, or reorganization proceeding, in or under the super- vision of any court of the United States, enters into any agreement, express or implied, with another such party in interest, for the purpose of fixing the fees or other compensation to be paid, to any party in interest for services rendered in connection therewith, from the assets of the estate in excess of the compensation allowed by law; or Whoever, being a judge of a court of the United States knowingly approves the payment of any fees or compensation so fixed- Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. CHAPTIB 11.- BR I BERY AND GRAFT Sec. 201. Offer to officer or other person. 202. Acceptance or solicitation by officer or other person. 203. Acceptance or demand by district attorneys or marshals or their assistants

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