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TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY CHAPTER 12 - ADJUSTMENT OF DEBTS OF A FAMILY FARMER OR FISHERMAN WITH REGULAR ANNUAL INCOME SUBCHAPTER II - THE PLAN -HEAD- Sec. 1223. Modification of plan before confirmation -STATUTE- (a) The debtor may modify the plan at any time before confirmation, but may not modify the plan so that the plan as modified fails to meet the requirements of section 1222 of this title. (b) After the debtor files a modification under this section, the plan as modified becomes the plan. (c) Any holder of a secured claim that has accepted or rejected the plan is deemed to have accepted or rejected, as the case may be, the plan as modified, unless the modification provides for a change in the rights of such holder from what such rights were under the plan before modification, and such holder changes such holder's previous acceptance or rejection. -SOURCE- (Added and amended Pub. L. 99-554, title II, Sec. 255, title III, Sec. 302(f), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3110, 3124; Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, title I, Sec. 149(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-610; Pub. L. 106-5, Sec. 1(1), (2), Mar. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 9; Pub. L. 106-70, Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1031; Pub. L. 107-8, Sec. 1, May 11, 2001, 115 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 107-17, Sec. 1, June 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 151; Pub. L. 107-170, Sec. 1, May 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 133; Pub. L. 107-171, title X, Sec. 10814(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 532; Pub. L. 107-377, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3115; Pub. L. 108-73, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 108-369, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1749; Pub. L. 109- 8, title X, Sec. 1001(a)(1), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 185.) -COD- CODIFICATION For repeal of section effective Oct. 1, 1998, and subsequent reenactment of section, see note set out preceding section 1201 of this title.