If the bond resolution of a municipal authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 31 of this act and shall further provide in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to said section or having the powers of such a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then such trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of such series shall have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the utility system, and such receiver may enter upon and take possession of the utility system and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such bonds, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of the utility system and proceed with such acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction which the municipal authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain and reconstruct the utility system and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of such bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the municipal authority in the same manner as the municipal authority itself might do and under the direction of the court.

L.1957, c. 183, p. 660, s. 32, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.