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 APPENDIX b. a petition may be filed under this chapter in a proceeding in bankruptcy which is pending on such date, and a petition may be filed under this chapter nothwithstanding the pendency on such date of a proceeding in which a receiver or trustee of all or any part of the property of a debtor has been appointed or for whose appointment application has been made in a court of the United States or of any State; c. the provisions of sections 77A and 77B of chapter VIII, as amended, of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved July 1, 1898, shall continue in full force and effect with respect to proceedings pending under those sections upon the effective date of this amendatory Act, except that- (1) if the petition in such proceedings was approved within three months prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, the provisions of this chapter shall apply in their entirety to such proceedings; and (2) if the petition in such proceedings was approved more than three months before the effective date of this amendatory Act, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to such proceedings to the extent that the judge shall deem their application practicable; and (3) sections 268 and 270 of this Act shall apply to any plan confirmed under section 77B before the effective date of this amendatory Act and to any plan which may be confirmed under section 77B on and after such effective date, except that the exemption provided by section 268 of this Act may be disallowed if it shall be made to appear that any such plan had for one of its principal pur- poses the avoidance of income taxes, and except further that where such plan has not been confirmed on and after such effective date, section 269 of this Act shall apply where practicable and expedient. CHAPTER XI-ARRANGEMENTS ARTICLE I--CONSTRUCrON SEa 301. The provisions of this chapter shall apply exclusively to proceedings under this chapter. SEc. 302. The provisions of chapters I to VII, inclusive, of this Act shall, insofar as they are not inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, apply in proceedings under this chapter. For the purposes of such application, provisions relating to "bankrupts" shall be deemed to relate also to "debtors" and "bankruptcy proceedings" or "proceedings in bankruptcy" shall be deemed to include proceedings under this chapter. For the purposes of such application the date of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy shall be taken to be the date of the filing of an original petition under section 322 of this Act, and the date of adjudication shall be taken to be the date of the filing of the petition under sec- tion 321 or 322 of this Act except where an adjudication had previously been entered. ATICLE II--DEFINITIONS SEC. 306. For the purposes of this chapter, unless inconsistent with the con- text- (1) "arrangement" shall mean any plan of a debtor for the settlement, satis- faction, or extension of the time of payment of his unsecured debts, upon any terms; (2) "consideration" shall include evidences of indebtedness, either secured or unsecured, stock and certificates of beneficial interest therein, and certificates of beneficial interest in property; (3) "debtor" shall mean a person who could become a bankrupt under section 4 of this Act and who files a petition under this chapter; (4) "executory contracts" shall include unexpired leases of real property; and (5) "petition" shall mean a petition filed under this chapter by a debtor proposing an arrangement. SEc. 307. Unless inconsistent with the context and for the purposes of an arrangement providing for an extension of time for payment of debts in full and applicable exclusively to the debts to be extended- (1) "creditors" shall include the holders of all unsecured debts, demands, or claims of whatever character against a debtor, whether or not provable as debts under section 63 of this Act and whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent; and (2) "debts" or "claims" shall include all unsecured debts, demands, or claims of whatever character against a debtor, whether or not provable as debts under section 63 of this Act and whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent. SEC. 3(S A creditor shall be deemed to be "affected" by an arrangement only if his interest shall be material and adversely affected thereby. In the event of controversy, the court shall after hearing upon notice summarily determine whether any creditor is so affected. CXIX

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