September 1950 amendment of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision c of section 43 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved July 1, 1898, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

“c. Whenever the office of a referee is vacant or its occupant is temporarily absent or disqualified to act, or whenever the expeditious transaction of the business of the court or courts of bankruptcy may require, the judge, or any one of the judges, may act; or the judge or the chief judge of the district may designate and assign temporarily any referee of the district to act; or the chief judge of the circuit may designate and assign temporarily one or more referees within the circuit to act upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the judge or chief judge of the district wherein the need arises, or the chief judge of the circuit may order that pending cases be rereferred and future cases referred to one or more referees within the circuit; or the Chief Justice of the United States may designate and assign temporarily a referee from another circuit to act upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the chief judge of the circuit wherein the need arises. No designation and assignment shall be made without the consent of the chief judge or judicial council of the circuit from which a referee is to be designated and assigned. All designations and assignments of referees shall be filed with the clerks and entered on the minutes of the courts from and to which made. The Chief Justice of the United States or a chief judge of a circuit or a judge or chief judge of a district may make new designations and assignments in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, and may revoke those previously made by him.”

Approved September 19, 1950.