Repeal of existing codes, and so forth.
Section 795
SEC. 795. Repeal of existing codes, and so forth. — All codes, statutes, acts, decrees, and orders and parts thereof, heretofore promulgated, enacted or enforced in the Philippine Islands, prescribing the procedure in civil actions or special proceedings in any court or tribunal are hereby repealed, and the procedure in all civil actions and special proceedings in all courts and tribunals shall hereafter be in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided, nevertheless: 1. That the proceedings for the trial of the action now pending in the Supreme Court to determine the right to the ownership and control of the property of the College of San Jose shall be conducted in accordance with the special provisions for that action made by Act Numbered Sixty-nine; 2. That the procedure in all actions and special proceedings now pending in the Supreme Court may be in accordance with the existing Spanish procedure, except in so far as the Supreme Court may determine that the provisions of this Act can conveniently be applied to such actions and proceedings; 3. That all actions and special proceedings now pending in Courts of First Instance, the trial of which has been commenced and not finished, under the existing Spanish procedure, may be completed in accordance with that procedure in Courts of First Instance and in the Supreme Court, except in so far as the judge of the Court of First Instance, or the Supreme Court, may determine that the provisions of this Act can conveniently be applied to such actions and proceedings; 4. That no action now pending in a Court of First Instance, the trial of which has not already been commenced, shall be discontinued or abated because not commenced in accordance with the provisions of this Act; but all future procedure in such actions and special proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Act; but all future procedure in such actions and special proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Act, so far as this Act may be conveniently applicable to the conduct of such actions or proceedings; 5. That the Supreme Court shall not reverse or annul the proceedings in any Court of First Instance in actions or special proceedings now pending therein, because of want of conformity in the proceedings to the provisions of this Act, unless such want of conformity shall have impaired a substantial right of the party attempting to set aside such proceedings; 6. That nothing in this Act contained shall be so construed as to divest or injuriously affect any property right that has already become vested under existing law.