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Exemption from excess profits duty of businesses carried on under the court. 
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56. In the case of any trade or business which by reason of its being unable to pay its debenture holders or creditors in being carried on by a liquidator, receiver, or trustee under the court, no excess profits duty shall be levied or paid until provision has been made for payment of such unpaid debenture holders or creditors. 
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