An Act to amend paragraphs b and c of section 14 of the Bankruptcy Act
PL 89-166 (H.R.5497), enacted 09/02/1965

646 
September 2, 1965 
[H. R. 5497] 
Bankruptcy Act, 
amendment. 
Discharges. 
71 Stat. 599; 
52 Stat. 850. 
11 u s e 94. 
Grounds for re-
fusal. 
62 Stat. 689. 
PUBLIC LAW 89-166-SEPT. 2, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
Public Law 89-166 
AN ACT 
To amend paragraphs b and c of section 14 of the Bankruptcy Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That paragraphs b 
and c of section 14 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 32 (b), (c)) are 
amended to read as follows: 
"b. The court shall make an order fixing a time for the filing of ob-
jections to the bankrupt's discharge which shall be not less than thirty 
days after the first date set for the first meeting of creditors. 
Notice 
of such order shall be given to all parties in interest as provided in 
section 58b of this Act. If the examination of the bankrupt concern-
ing his acts, conduct, and property has not or will not be completed 
within the time fixed for the filing of objections to the discharge the 
court may, upon its own motion or upon motion of the receiver, trustee, 
a creditor, or any other party in interest or for other cause shown, 
extend the time for filing such objections. Upon the expiration of 
the time fixed in such order or of any extension of such time granted 
by the court, the court shall discharge the bankrupt if no objection has 
been filed and if the filing fees required to be paid by this Act have 
been paid in full; otherwise, the court shall hear such proofs and pleas 
as may be made in opposition to the discharge, by the trustee, credi-
tors, the United States Attorney, or such other attorney as the Attor-
ney General may designate, at such time as will give the bankrupt 
and the objecting parties a reasonable opportunity to be fully heard. 
"c. The court shall grant the discharge unless satisfied that the 
bankrupt has (1) committed an offense punishable by imprisonment 
as provided under title 18, United States Code, section 152; or (2) 
destroyed, mutilated, falsified, concealed, or failed to keep or preserve 
books of account or records, from which his financial condition and 
business transactions might be ascertained, unless the court deems such 
acts or failure to have been justified under all the circumstances of the 
case; or (3) while engaged in business as a sole proprietor, partner-
ship, or as an executive of a corporation, obtained for such business 
money or property on credit or as an extension or renewal of credit 
by making or publishing or causing to be made or published in any 
manner whatsoever a materially false statement in writing respect-
ing his financial condition or the financial condition of such partner-
ship or corporation; or (4) at any time subsequent to the first day of 
the twelve months immediately preceding the filing of the petition in 
bankruptcy, transferred, removed, destroyed, or concealed, or per-
mitted to be removed, destroyed, or concealed, any of his property 
with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors; or (5) m a pro-
ceeding under this Act commenced within six years prior to the date 
of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy has been granted a discharge, 
or had a composition or an arrangement by way of composition or a 
wage earner's plan by way of composition confirmed under this Act; 
or (6) in the course of a proceeding under this Act refused to obey 
any lawful order of, or to answer any material question approved by, 
the court; or (7) has failed to explain satisfactorily any losses of assets 
or deficiency of assets to meet his liabilities; or (8) has failed to pay 
the filing fees required to be paid by this Act in full: Provided^ That 
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if, upon the hearing of an objection to a discharge, the objector shall 
show to the satisfaction of the court that there are reasonable grounds 
for believing that the bankrupt has committed any of the acts which, 
under this subdivision c, would prevent his discharge in bankruptcy, 
then the burden of proving that he has not committed any of such 
acts shall be upon the bankrupt." 
Approved September 2, 1965. 
Public Law 89-167 
AN ACT 
September 2, 1965 
To amend section 753(f) of title 28, United States Code, relating to transcripts 
[H. R. 3992] 
furnished by court reporters for the district courts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 753(f) 
of title 28 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: 
"(f) Each reporter may charge and collect fees for transcripts 
requested by the parties, including the United States, at rates pre-
scribed by the court subject to the approval of the Judicial Conference. 
He shall not charge a fee for any copy of a transcript delivered to the 
clerk for the records of court. Fees for transcripts furnished in crim-
inal or habeas corpus proceedings to persons allowed to sue, defend, 
or appeal in forma pauperis shall be paid by the United States out of 
money appropriated for that purpose. Fees for transcripts furnished 
in proceedings brought under section 2255 of this title to persons per-
mitted to sue or appeal in forma pauperis shall be paid by the United 
States out of money appropriated for that purpose if the trial judge 
or a circuit judge certifies that the suit or appeal is not frivolous and 
that the transcript is needed to decide the issue presented*by the suit 
or appeal. 
Fees for transcripts furnished in other proceedings to 
persons permitted to appeal in forma pauperis shall also be paid by 
the United States if the trial judge or a circuit judge certifies that 
the appeal is not frivolous (but presents a substantial question). The 
reporter may require any party requesting a transcript to prepay the 
estimated fee in advance except as to transcripts that are to be paid 
for by the United States." 
Approved September 2, 1965. 
U. S. district 
courts. 
Transcript fees. 
62 Stat. 921. 
62 Stat. 967. 
Public Law 89-168 
AN ACT 
To authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed six-month waiting 
period, of approximately six hundred and twenty thousand long tons of natural 
rubber from the national stockpile. 
September 2, 1965 
[H. R. 9544] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of approxi-
mately six hundred and twenty thousand long tons of natural rubber 
now held in the national stockpile. Such disposal may be made with-
out regard to the provision of section 3(e) of the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b(e)) that no disjjosition of 
materials held in the national stockpile shall be made prior to the 
expiration of six months after the publication in the Federal Register 
and the transmission to the Congress and to the Armed Services Com-
mittee of each House thereof of the notice of the proposed disposition 
required by said section 3(e). 
Approved September 2, 1965. 
Rubber, disposal. 
60 Stat, 597. 
Publication in 
Federal Register.