2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVEN - Banking (§§ 1 — 3116) › PART III - Other Financial Institutions (§§ 551 — 1390) › Chapter 61 - Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (§§ 551 — 607i) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 551 — 569) › § 559b - Provisions relating to contracts entered into before appointment of receiver

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the receiver may enforce any contract or agreement entered into by the Bank notwithstanding any provision of a contract providing for termination, default, acceleration, or exercise of rights upon, or by reason of, insolvency or the appointment of a receiver to the extent necessary for the orderly administration and/or winding up of the Bank’s affairs.
(b) In addition to any other rights a receiver may have, the receiver, in the exercise of his power to administer and wind up the Bank, may disaffirm or repudiate any contract or lease (1) to which the Bank is a party; (2) if, in the receiver’s discretion, its continued performance will be burdensome; and (3) if, in the discretion of the receiver, the disaffirmance or repudiation of the contract or lease will promote the orderly administration and/or winding up of the Bank’s affairs.
(c) The receiver appointed shall determine whether or not to exercise the rights of repudiation under this section within one hundred eighty (180) days following such appointment.
(d) The liability of the receivership for the disaffirmance or repudiation of any contract pursuant to subsection (b) shall be (1) limited to actual direct compensatory damages; and (2) determined as of the date of the appointment of the receiver.
(e) For purposes of this subsection, the term “actual direct compensatory damages” does not include punitive or exemplary damages, damages for lost profits or opportunity, or damages for pain and suffering.
(f) No person may exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or declare a default under any contract to which the Bank is a party (and no provision in any such contract providing for such default, termination, or acceleration shall be enforceable), or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the Bank or affect any contractual rights of the Bank, in reliance on, and the receiver may enforce any contract notwithstanding, any provision of the contract providing for termination, default, acceleration, or exercise of rights upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency, financial condition, the appointment of or the exercise of rights or powers by a receiver, or the transfer of any operations, assets or liabilities of the Bank to a bridge bank pursuant to § 559c of this title or to any other person or entity, provided, however, no provision of this section may be construed as impairing or affecting any right of the receiver to enforce or recover under a liability insurance contract of a director or officer or financial institution bond under other applicable law.
(g) No person may exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or declare a default under any contract to which the Bank is a party (and no provision in any such contract providing for such default, termination, or acceleration shall be enforceable), or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the Bank or affect any contractual rights of the Bank, without the consent of the receiver for the Bank during the 90-day period beginning from the appointment of the receiver, provided, however, no provision of this paragraph shall apply to a director or officer liability insurance contract or a financial institution bond, or shall be construed as permitting the receiver to fail to comply with otherwise enforceable provisions of such contract.
History —Sept. 23, 1948, No. 17, p. 290, added as § 13 on Apr. 6, 2016, No. 21, § 302.