Section 137. Effect of failure so to apply

If the prisoner does not, within
  thirty  days  after  personal service of such a notice, either present a
  petition to the proper court, as prescribed in  article  third  of  this
  chapter,  or  serve,  upon  the  creditor giving the notice, a copy of a
  petition and schedule, with a notice of his intention to apply  for  his
  discharge,   as  prescribed  in  this  article;  or  if,  after  such  a
  presentation or service, he does not diligently proceed thereupon  to  a
  decision,  he shall be forever barred from obtaining his discharge under
  the provisions of this article, or of article third of this chapter.