Article 51 of Bankruptcy Law

The bankruptcy judge may, upon a reasoned application submitted by the Bankruptcy Committee, a supervisory authority, a creditor, the supervisor or the trustee, or of his own motion, appoint an inspector from among persons who may perform the duties of trustee or from others, and assign him to inspect all the debtor’s business, assets or dispositions, or to live in a specific incident or incidents, whoever the application to appoint the inspector concerns a debtor in respect of whose debts an application to open proceedings has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of this Law. If a trustee or supervisor has been appointed, the trustee or supervisor, as applicable, shall undertake the inspection task. The bankruptcy judge shall decide on the application within ten days from the date of its submission to the Bankruptcy Department. The decision appointing the inspector shall specify the task entrusted to him, his functions, powers and fees if he is not among those appointed as trustee or supervisor. In that case, the provisions of Articles 34 and 35 of this Law shall apply to him. The bankruptcy judge may authorize the inspector to seek the assistance of whomever he considers appropriate to accomplish the task entrusted to him. Article 49 of this Law shall apply to the inspector’s fees. The bankruptcy judge may require the creditor who requested the inspection to pay those fees in advance, to be recovered from the debtor’s assets if the inspector concludes that the facts upon which the creditor relied in requesting the inspection are correct. Law Index 1398 Home Page Bankruptcy Law Law No. 71 of 2020 Promulgating the Bankruptcy Law