[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 20CFR61.404]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                      CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'

                         COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,

                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 61_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, 

AS AMENDED--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart E_Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Sec.  61.404  Assignments; creditors.



    The right of any person to benefits under the Act is not 

transferable of assignable at law or in equity except to the United 

States, and none of the moneys paid or payable (except money paid as 

reimbursement for funeral expenses), or rights existing under the Act 

are subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal 

process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.



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