SECTION 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled "The Land Registration Act," is hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and twenty-eight thereof, which provides that the Act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and three, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"SEC. 128. This Act shall take effect February first, nineteen hundred and three, and the law in force prior to January first, nineteen hundred and three, in reference to the registration of titles to lands in the Philippine Islands, the execution of conveyances and the duties of notaries public and their appointment, is hereby continued in force for the month of January, nineteen hundred and three, including the first day thereof."