Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/198

This page needs to be proofread.

168 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 180-APR. 9, 1948 [62 STAT. plan of reorganization approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission under the provisions of section 77 of the Bankruptcy 47 .tat.1474. Act, as amended, subsequent to the effective date of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Commission, upon petition of any party to the proceeding filed at any time more than eighteen months after certification by the Commission to the court of the plan or of an order disposing of a like petition, but before any order confirming the plan shall have been entered, or, such an order having been entered, if an appeal from said order is pending on said date in a circuit court of appeals or the matter is pending in the Supreme Court on a petition to review any order of a circuit court of appeals dealing with said order of confirmation or the time within which to make such appeal or to file such petition has not expired, to report to the court in which consid- eration of such plan is then pending, any changes, facts, or developments which have occurred since the approval of such plan by the Commission, which were not provided for in the plan, and which in the opinion of the Commission make it necessary or expedient for the Commission to reexamine or reconsider and, if necessary, to revise such plan in order to insure that such plan, if consummated and put into effect, shall then, in the opinion of the Commission, be fair and equitable and in the public interest and compatible with the provisions of this section and section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. Upon the filing of any such report by the Commission with the court, the court shall remand the plan to the Commission for such reexamination, reconsideration, and possible revision; (2) if, with respect to any plan of reorganization or modified plan of reorganization approved by the Commission subsequent to the effective date of this Act, the court before which such plan is then pending, for approval or confirmation, no order of confirmation having been entered, or, such an order having been entered, if an appeal from said order is pending on said date in a circuit court of appeals or the matter is pending in the Supreme Court on a petition to review any order of a circuit court of appeals dealing with said order of confirmation or the time within which to make such appeal or to file such petition has not expired, upon petition of any party to the proceeding and either with or without a hearing, shall find that changes, facts, or developments have occurred since the approval of such plan by the Commission which were not provided for in the plan and which make it necessary or expedient, in the opinion of the court, that the Commission reexamine and reconsider and revise such plan in order to insure that the plan consummated and put into effect shall then, in the opinion of the court and the Commission, be fair and equitable and in the public interest and compatible with the provisions of this section, and section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, the court shall return the plan to the Commission for such reexamination, reconsideration and possible revision; (3) with respect to any plan of reorganization or modified plan of reorganization which, on the date of enactment of this Act, is before any district court for approval or confirmation, no order of confirmation having been entered, or, such order having been entered, if an appeal from said order is pending in a circuit court of appeals or the matter is pending in the Supreme Court on a petition to review any order of a circuit court of appeals dealing with said order of confirmation or the time within which to make such an appeal or to file such petition has not expired, it shall be the duty of the Commission, upon petition of any party to the