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PUBLIC LAW 456-JULY 7, 1952

' 11 USC 48. Appeals.

n use 55. Transfer of cases.

11 USC 67. D u t i e s o f referees.

11 USC 70. Records o f referees.

11 USC 93. Debts to U. s-

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States courts of appeals in proceedings under this Act in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the United States now in force or such as may hereafter bs enacted." SEC. 10. Subdivision a of section 25 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "a. Appeals under this Act to the United States courts of appeals shall be taken within thirty days after written notice to the aggrieved party of the entry of the judgment, order or decree complained of, proof of which notice shall be filed within five days after service or, if such notice be not served and filed, then within forty days from such entry." SEC. 11. Section 32 of such Act, as amended, is amended by lettering the present section 32 as subdivision a and inserting in the section the following two subdivisions: "b. Where venue in any case filed under this Act is laid in the wrong court of bankruptcy, the judge may, in the interest of justice, upon timely and sufficient objection to venue being made, transfer the case to any other court of bankruptcy in which it could have been brought. "c. The judge may transfer any case under this Act to a court of bankruptcy in any other district, regardless of the location of the principal assets of the bankrupt, or his principal place of business, or his residence, if the interests of the parties will be best served by such transfer." SEC. 12. Clause (9) of subdivision a of section 39 of such Act as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(9) transmit forthwith to the clerks all bonds filed with and approved by them, the originals of all orders made by them granting adjudications or dismissing the petitions as provided in this Act, and certified copies of all orders made by them, granting, denying, or revoking discharges or adjudging that bankrupts have waived their right to a discharge, confirming or refusing to confirm, or setting aside the confirmation of, arrangements or wage earner plans, and reinstating the proceedings or cases;". SEC. 13. Subdivision a of section 42 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "a. The records of all proceedings in each case before a referee shall be kept in the manner as prescribed by the Supreme Court of the United States." SEC. 14. (a) Subdivision j of section 57 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " j. Debts owing to the United States or to any State or any subdivision thereof as a penalty or forfeiture shall not be allowed, except for the amount of the pecuniary loss sustained by the act, transaction, or proceeding out of which the penalty or forfeiture arose, with reasonable and actual costs occasioned thereby and such interest as may have accrued on the amount of such loss according to law." (b) Subdivision n of such section is amended to read as follows: "n. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all claims provable under this Act, including all claims of the United States and of any State or any subdivision thereof, shall be proved and filed in the manner provided in this section. Claims which are not filed within six months after the first date set for the first meeting of creditors shall not be allowed: Provided, however, That the court may, upon application before the expiration of such period and for cause shown, grant a reasonable fixed extension of time for the filing of claims by the United States or any State or any subdivision thereof: Provided further, That the right of infants and insane persons without guardians, without notice of the bankruptcy proceedings, may continue six months longer: And provided further, That a claim arising in favor

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