Judge may act in vacation in special proceedings.
SEC. 522. Judge may act in vacation in special proceedings. — Any act required or authorized to be performed by a Court of First Instance in special proceedings may be performed by the judge thereof in vacation as well as in term time, and the orders, judgments, and decrees made by him as judge at any time, within his jurisdiction, in such proceedings, shall be equally effective as though made in open court at a regular session thereof.
BANKRUPTCY
Pending proceedings to be governed by former law.
SEC. 523. Pending proceedings to be governed by former law. — All proceedings in bankruptcy now pending in courts of the Philippine Islands shall proceed to their regular termination in accordance with the procedure and law in force in the Islands on the thirteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, notwithstanding anything in this Code provided; but civil actions incident to bankruptcy proceedings shall be governed by the provisions of this Code, and no challenge of the competency of a judge shall be entertained or allowed in such actions or proceedings.
No new proceedings to be instituted.
SEC. 524. No new proceedings to be instituted. — No new bankruptcy proceedings shall be instituted until a new bankruptcy law shall come into force in the Islands. All existing laws and orders relating to bankruptcy and proceedings therein are hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed in any manner to affect pending litigation in bankruptcy proceedings.
