Bankruptcy Court

In defining the concept of the powers of the bankruptcy court we have to proceed from the relevant provisions of the Civil Court Order, since according to the Bankruptcy and Settlement Act § 3 par. 2 the provisions of the Civil Court Order are to be used, if the Act does not provide otherwise. Within the framework of the Order the powers of Courts are dealt with by the provisions of § 7 par. 1. By the Civil Court Order Amendment, effective as of January 1, 1992, the civil powers of the courts were considerably extended, in particular upon commercial and administive matters. According to the currently effective legislation in civil proceedings the courts deal with matters of civil, labor, family, cooperative and commercial (including enterprise and economic) legal relationships, provided such relationships are not dealt with by other bodies.