Article 171 of Bankruptcy Law

If the debtor pays the value of a commercial instrument after the date of cessation of payment and before the issuance of the decision opening bankruptcy declaration proceedings, the amount paid may not be recovered from the holder. Rather, the drawer or the person for whose account the commercial instrument was drawn shall be obliged to return the amount paid to the trustee or the debtor—drawing of circumstances—if, at the time the commercial instrument was created, he knew of the debtor’s cessation of payment. In the case of a promissory note, the obligation to return the amount shall fall upon the first endorser if, at the time he obtained the note, he knew of the debtor’s cessation of payment. Chapter Three Declaration of Bankruptcy