5 Del. C. § 846

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§ Â 846. Divestiture.

Official statutory text

Upon the Commissioner’s determination that an out-of-state bank holding company is in violation of the requirements of this subchapter or any order, regulation, ruling, cooperative agreement or decree issued or entered into by the Commissioner or any order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or is otherwise operating a bank in an unsafe and unsound manner, the Commissioner shall have the authority to order such out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof to remedy such violation by a date certain, or to cease and desist from operating in an unsafe and unsound manner, in default of which the Commissioner shall have the authority to order such out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof to divest itself of any shares or assets of any bank located in this State. The procedure governing such divestiture, and the authority of the Commissioner to enforce an order directing the same, shall be the same as provided in § 807(b)—(d) of this title.

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