---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 2165"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "2165"
heading: "Limitation on jurisdiction and powers of court"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/2165"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability"
  - "Subchapter III — Adjustments of Debts"
---

# §2165. Limitation on jurisdiction and powers of court


Subject to the limitations set forth in subchapters I and II of this chapter, notwithstanding any power of the court, unless the [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17) consents or the plan so provides, the court may not, by any stay, order, or decree, in the case or otherwise, interfere with—

- (1) any of the political or governmental powers of the [debtor](/usc/48/2161.md?p=c-2);
- (2) any of the property or revenues of the [debtor](/usc/48/2161.md?p=c-2); or
- (3) the use or enjoyment by the [debtor](/usc/48/2161.md?p=c-2) of any income-producing property.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 305, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 580.)